September 29 – The Ukrainian FA has written to all European associations asking them to not play towards Russia following UEFA’s controversial determination to re-admit Russian under-17 groups into its worldwide competitions.
Sweden, England, Latvia, Denmark, Norway and Poland have already lent their assist to Ukraine’s stance and now all UEFA members have obtained the identical letter asking them to observe swimsuit and boycott matches.
Russia’s nationwide groups and golf equipment have been banned from UEFA and FIFA for the reason that invasion of Ukraine.
However following a UEFA Government Committee assembly on Tuesday, it was determined – not unanimously in keeping with the BBC – that Russian under-17 sides might be re-admitted since “youngsters shouldn’t be punished” for the battle and that soccer “ought to by no means quit sending messages of peace and hope”.
UEFA insists the shock reversal just isn’t the start of an effort to reintegrate different Russian age teams into its competitions and that the ban on the Russian senior crew and all its membership groups would stay in place.
It additionally reiterated that matches might be carried out with out the Russian flag, anthem or nationwide package and won’t happen on Russian territory.
However the UAF’s letter to UEFA members describes the partial lifting of the ban on Russia as a “hazardous and terrifying pattern”.
“We’re greater than involved relating to the most recent media statements unfold after the UEFA ExCo assembly mentioning that UEFA has formally accepted the admission of the Russian groups U-17 to take part within the worldwide competitions already this season, pushed by the truth that Russian youngsters and kids are discriminated by the deprivation from worldwide soccer,” the letter stated.
“Nonetheless, this really contradicts UEFA’s dedication to fight violence and aggression, as in keeping with the official UN (United Nations) statistics solely — over 1,600 Ukrainian youngsters, from new-born to kids, had been killed or wounded by Russian terrorists (younger footballers amongst them), 1000’s had been tortured, kidnapped and brought by power to Russia, tons of of 1000’s misplaced their houses or had been compelled to go away the house and regular life going to hunt safety from the warfare. And that is the actual and probably the most essential violation of the youngsters’s rights from all ever doable.”
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