Out of solidarity with Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland and Poland did not broadcast the opening ceremony of the 2026 Paralympic Games, which took place on Friday, March 6. The reason for the boycott was the admission of Russians and Belarusians to competitions under their own flags. Thus, the Polish public broadcaster TVP3, instead of broadcasting, showed the inscription: “Solidarity with Ukraine. Polish television opposes the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in sports competitions" Finnish broadcaster Yle announced on February 24 that it would not broadcast the opening ceremony of the games.. On March 2, the Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT announced that there would be no broadcast of the opening of the Paralympic Games on its resources either.. On March 3, Estonian ERR announced that it would also not broadcast the opening or closing ceremonies of the Paralympic Games on any of its channels.. For the same reason, the Latvian broadcaster LSM decided not to show the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2026 Paralympics. Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne Sport also did not broadcast the opening ceremony of the 2026 Paralympics.

In addition to refusing to broadcast, officials from 14 countries and the EU refused to participate in the opening ceremony of the 2026 Paralympics. The Winter Paralympic Games will run from March 6 to 15 in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. The Ukrainian team announced its boycott of the opening ceremony due to the admission of athletes from Russia and Belarus to the competition. News from Telegram and WhatsApp. Subscribe to our channels https://t. me/korrespondentnet and WhatsApp Author: 1.