MILAN, Italy, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The Ukrainian team will boycott the Milano Cortina Paralympics opening ceremony on March 6 in Verona, its committee said on Friday, after the International Paralympic Committee allocated 10 combined slots to Russian and Belarusian athletes.
"The National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine declares that the Ukrainian Paralympic team and the National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine are boycotting the opening ceremony of the 14th Winter Paralympic Games and demand that the Ukrainian flag not be used at the opening ceremony of the Paralympics-2026," it said in a statement.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
