The International Olympic Committee has rejected harsh criticism from Ukrainian officials who accused it of supporting the war and is considering the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the 2024 Olympics under a neutral flag.

Advisor to the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyan criticized the IOC, stressing that he promotes “violence, massacres, destruction,” and today stressed that Russia’s presence at the Games will give the country “a platform for promoting genocide.” “.

“The IOC rejects in the strongest possible terms this and other slanderous statements,” the commission said in a statement to Reuters, adding: “They cannot form the basis for any constructive discussion.”

Earlier, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba drew attention to the fact that many Russian Olympians have ties to the military, noting that 45 out of 71 Russian medals at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo were won by athletes who are part of CSKA, its Russian Army team.

“The army that commits atrocities, kills, rapes and robs, the IOC wants to put him under a white flag, allowing him to participate in competitions,” Kuleba wrote on Twitter.

Russia, for its part, has denied accusations that its troops committed atrocities in Ukraine.

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