The open letter was signed by 41 Ukrainian athletes, including: sisters Alexeyeva, Marta Fedina, Andriy Govorov, Mikhail Romanchuk, Daria Zevina, Sofia Lyskun, Oleg Kolodiy, Oleksiy Sereda, Oleksandr Gorshkovozov, members of the Ukrainian water polo team and others.

" 130 days of war that still goes on. The Russian Federation continues daily shelling of civilians - people are dying. Ukraine is losing its athletes and coaches. We mourned the former captain of the water polo team Yevgeny Obedinsky, who died in Mariupol.

95 sports infrastructure facilities were destroyed, including swimming pools in Mariupol and Kharkiv. There are no equal opportunities for Ukrainian athletes because they cannot train and stay safe.

We are for respect for true human and Olympic values. We are for fair play. Sport is an instrument of peace. The Russian Federation should not have the right to participate in sports competitions and represent the interests of other athletes.

We, Ukrainian athletes, ask to immediately remove the representative of the Russian Federation Maria Polyakova from membership in the FINA commission and deprive the athlete of the right to vote in it,"

Recall that after the start of a full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, FINA suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from competitions under its auspices.

Also, the International Swimming Federation suspended Russian swimmer Yevgeny Rylov for nine months for participating in Putin's pro-war rally at Luzhniki..