Valerii Sushkevych, President of the National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine, has reported that the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) banned Ukrainian athletes from wearing a kit featuring a map of Ukraine at the 2026 Winter Paralympics.
The problem is that the map features a contested border.
It would be like Pakistan or India showing up wearing a map of their countries which show they annexed all of Jammu & Kashmir. It isn’t just an expression of national identity at that point.
I can contest your right to keep all the parts of your body but it doesn’t mean my violent shitposting should accepted by the mewling and servile population of people that confuse rational tones with rationality.
The problem is that the map features a contested border.
It would be like Pakistan or India showing up wearing a map of their countries which show they annexed all of Jammu & Kashmir. It isn’t just an expression of national identity at that point.
Contested? I believe the world overwhelmingly recognizes the real borders of Ukraine as depicted on that map.
I can contest your right to keep all the parts of your body but it doesn’t mean my violent shitposting should accepted by the mewling and servile population of people that confuse rational tones with rationality.
Welcome to international diplomacy…