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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine will continue playing Euro 2024 qualifying matches despite a government ban on Ukrainian national teams taking part in competitions involving athletes from Russia and Belarus, the country said on Monday.<\/p>\n

Kyiv imposed the ban, which covers Olympic, non-Olympic and Paralympic events, over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and the use of neighbouring Belarus as a staging post for the invasion.<\/p>\n

Andriy Pavelko, head of the Ukrainian Football Association, published a letter on Facebook in which the sports ministry outlined a decision to let Ukraine play on in the Euro 2024 qualifiers even though Belarus is also taking part.<\/p>\n

“The national team of Ukraine will continue official performances in qualifying for the 2024 European Championship,” he wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s qualifying Group C includes England, Italy, North Macedonia and Malta. Belarus is in Group I with Israel, Andorra, Kosovo, Romania and Switzerland.<\/p>\n

They lost their opening game 2-0 away to England, who lead the group with six points after two matches. Ukraine’s second game is away to North Macedonia on June 16.<\/p>\n

After the invasion of Ukraine last year, which Moscow calls a special military operation, Russia was barred from competing in European tournaments by governing body UEFA. <\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Max Hunder, Editing by Timothy Heritage and Ken Ferris)<\/p>\n

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