Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the International Olympic Committee to ban Russia and ally Belarus from the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
"While Russia kills and terrorizes, representatives of the terrorist state have no place at sports and Olympic competitions," Zelenskyy told a summit of sports officials on Friday, per the Associated Press.
The IOC has avoided banning the athletes but instead wants them to compete in a neutral capacity without national symbols.
Zelenskyy argued this doesn't go far enough:
"And it cannot be covered up with some pretended neutrality or a white flag.