The Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine suspended the players of the youth team Makar Opolinsky and Denis Nagornyuk from participating in the tournament in Budapest.

As reported on the official website, the federation took control of the situation around those candidates for the youth team of Ukraine who were involved in performances in teams from Russia and Belarus.

" Any attempts to return there will automatically mean the refusal of the services of these hockey players from the national teams of Ukraine..

The FHU added that Opolinsky and Nagornyuk took part in the training camp of the Ukrainian U-18 junior team, which takes place in Budapest, as citizens of Ukraine. These athletes independently expressed their desire to play in the Ukrainian national team and do not associate their sports future with the aggressor country.

“However, performances in Russian competitions after the start of a full-scale invasion leave no choice but to remove the above-named hockey players from participating in the tournament in Budapest,” the organization said..

The Federation will also conduct an investigation into the presence of citizenships of hostile countries and find out the circumstances of the speeches of Opolinsky and Nagornyuk in Russia.

Recall that the Russian hockey player Konstantin Volkov expressed indignation at the requirement to seal the flag of the occupying country during a speech in the Finnish "