Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine and President of the NOC Vadim Gutzeit spoke about the action plan in response to the IOC recommendation to return athletes from Russia and Belarus to international sports.

" This is something that we have constantly noted in communication with the IOC, that there are almost 70% of the athletes who are in the armed forces and are military personnel.

They all receive a salary in the armed forces, are in the clubs CSKA, Dynamo. We all know that their special services have their own teams and they receive wages there.. Have dividends from where they are.

We now need to track it, find out who and where is. Find those who are in the Armed Forces, are members of the military, or are members of other law enforcement agencies. And as I understand it, to cooperate with international federations so that they do not allow them. This is a difficult job, but we will need to do it,"

Recall, the IOC allowed the return of athletes from the Russian Federation and Belarus to international sports in a neutral status and provided that they are not military personnel and were not seen in support of the war in Ukraine. At the same time, the ban remained in force in team sports..

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Earlier in Germany, the IOC was criticized for easing sanctions against Russians and Belarusians.