Ukraine, Paralympics and Organising Committee
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Valerii Sushkevych, President of the National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine, has reported that the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) banned Ukrainian athletes from wearing a kit featuring a map of Ukraine at the 2026 Winter Paralympics.
The European country's Foreign Affairs Ministry has praised 11 nations, including newly-joined Germany, Croatia and Lithuania, for choosing to ignore the Winter Games' opening ceremony in protest of Russian and Belarusian national symbols.
Iranian cross-country skier Aboulfazl Khatibi had to withdraw from the Winter Paralympics because he couldn’t travel safely to Italy due to the Iran war. “The recent events ha
Ukraine was forced to change its Winter Paralympics uniform after officials ruled a map design violated rules banning political or national identity messages
Russia’s flag was paraded at the opening ceremony of the Paralympics for the first time since 2014 prompting a boycott by several nations led by Ukraine.