Ukraine will boycott European football competitions in which Russian teams will participate, the Ukrainian Federation (AUF) announced on Wednesday September 27. This announcement comes the day after the decision of UEFA – the European football body – to reintegrate Russian teams under the age of 17 into its competitions, a decision that the AUF ” strongly condemns », According to a press release published on the website of this federation. It further calls on other countries to “ boycott possible matches involving Russian teams, if they are admitted “. UEFA announced on Tuesday that it had decided, in agreement with the International Federation (Fifa), to reinstate the U-17 teams because “ children should not be punished for actions for which adults are solely responsible “. The matches of the Russian teams will however have to be played “ without the flag, the anthem and the official uniforms » Russian, « and outside Russian territory “, specified UEFA. Until Tuesday’s decision, Russians were excluded from all international football competitions, both club and national, since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops in February 2022, a decision taken jointly by UEFA and FIFA.
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