The Ukrainian Football Association (UAF) appealed to UEFA with a request to explain the situation regarding the possible holding of the tournament among youths in Volgograd, Russia.

The UAF requires specifics from UEFA on this issue. If this tournament is confirmed in Russia, the UAF believes that UEFA and FIFA violate the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee and the FIFA Council regarding the ban of Russian teams and a ban on holding events in the aggressor country.

" We sincerely believe that the RFU statement mentioned above is false, and we are asking for confirmation of this,"

Even in the early days of the full-scale invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine, UEFA and FIFA suspended the clubs and teams of the Russian Federation from participating in tournaments under their auspices. In particular, Russian clubs were expelled from European competitions, and the Russian national team was excluded from the playoff selection for the 2022 World Cup..

Subsequently, UEFA extended the " banning the Russians from participating in competitions in the 2022/23 season. At the same time, we note that Russia has not yet been expelled from UEFA and FIFA.