Ukrainian figure skaters Maxim Nikitin and Alexandra Nazarova were forced to remove the words of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from their performance at the World Championships in France.

According to the Tribuna. com, initially a 15-second fragment of the speech of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in which the head of our state called for peace, was originally included in the previously presented version of the musical cut, but the organizers of the competition asked to cut this piece.

According to the ISU (International Skating Union), this call was propaganda, and the Ukrainian duo had to perform without Zelensky's words..

It should be noted that the Ukrainians performed a rhythm dance to a mix of Jamala's songs "

Recall that on February 24, Russian President Putin made an urgent statement about conducting a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, launching a large-scale invasion of Ukrainian cities..

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Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian figure skater was expelled from the national team for liking a post in support of the military invasion of Russia.