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Kyiv imposed the ban, which covers Olympic,
non-Olympic and Paralympic events, over Moscow's invasion of
Ukraine and the use of neighbouring Belarus as a staging post
for the invasion.
Andriy Pavelko, head of the Ukrainian Football Association,
published a letter on Facebook in which the sports ministry
outlined a decision to let Ukraine play on in the Euro 2024
qualifiers even though Belarus is also taking part.
"The national team of Ukraine will continue official
performances in qualifying for the 2024 European Championship,"
he wrote on Facebook.
Ukraine's qualifying Group C includes England, Italy, North
Macedonia and Malta. Belarus is in Group I with Israel, Andorra,
Kosovo, Romania and Switzerland.
They lost their opening game 2-0 away to England, who lead the
group with six points after two matches. Ukraine's second game
is away to North Macedonia on June 16.
After the invasion of Ukraine last year, which Moscow calls a
special military operation, Russia was barred from competing in
European tournaments by governing body UEFA.
(Reporting by Max Hunder, Editing by Timothy Heritage and Ken
Ferris)
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