Ukraine and EU Boycott 2026 Paralympic Games Over Flag Return

Ukraine and the EU announced a boycott of the 2026 Paralympic Games after the International Paralympic Committee allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to use national flags.Matvii Bidnyi and Glenn Micallef confirmed that officials will skip the event, where Russian skiers Alexei Bugaev and Varvara Voronchikhina are set to compete.This move follows the lifting of a three-year ban on symbols originally imposed after Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.