A map shown during the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup has been criticised by Ukraine as an "unacceptable error" after it appeared to exclude Crimea as part of the country.
The graphic - showing countries that cannot be drawn to play each other for geopolitical reasons - highlighted Ukraine but did not include the peninsula that is internationally recognised to be part of it.
Crimea has been under Russian occupation since 2014 and just a handful of countries recognise the peninsula as Russian territory.
Ukraine Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhiy Tykhy said that the nation expects "a public apology".
Writing on X, Tykhy said that Fifa had not only "acted against international law" but had also "supported Russian propaganda, war crimes, and the crime of aggression against Ukraine".
He added a "fixed" version of the map to his post...
Among the countries that cannot play each other are Ukraine and Belarus, Spain and Gibraltar and Kosovo versus either Bosnia and Herzegovina or
The graphic - showing countries that cannot be drawn to play each other for geopolitical reasons - highlighted Ukraine but did not include the peninsula that is internationally recognised to be part of it.
Crimea has been under Russian occupation since 2014 and just a handful of countries recognise the peninsula as Russian territory.
Ukraine Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhiy Tykhy said that the nation expects "a public apology".
Writing on X, Tykhy said that Fifa had not only "acted against international law" but had also "supported Russian propaganda, war crimes, and the crime of aggression against Ukraine".
He added a "fixed" version of the map to his post...
Among the countries that cannot play each other are Ukraine and Belarus, Spain and Gibraltar and Kosovo versus either Bosnia and Herzegovina or
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