Ukraine’s athletes will compete in two disciplines on Sunday, Feb. 15, the ninth day of competition at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladylsav Heraskevych has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics due to his helmet, which features pictures of people killed in the war with Russia.

Russian volunteer in Milan carried Ukraine’s placard at the Winter Games, speaking against russia’s war and noting risks of dissent.

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych will not competeafter refusing a last-minute plea from the IOC to use a helmet other than the one that honors more than 20 of his country's athletes and coaches killed in the war with Russia.

Shakhtar Donetsk regularly plays in the Champions League despite being exiled from its home city and the $400 million Donbas Arena since 2014, when the Russian-backed conflict began in eastern Ukraine.

Twenty athletes from Russia and Belarus are competing at the Winter Olympics as neutral. Moscow has asked for its athletes to be fully reinstated in international competition, and sporting bodies are beginning to open the door to those once completely banned from participating.

IPC president Andrew Parsons urges Ukrainian athletes not to boycott the Winter Paralympics opening ceremony in protest at Russian and Belarusian athletes being allowed to compete under their national flags.