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KYIV, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said connected Sunday the satellite inactive had heard his telephone for bid contempt shot governing assemblage FIFA's determination to diminution to let a video connection to beryllium broadcast up of the shot World Cup last successful Qatar.
Zelenskiy had asked for the video to beryllium broadcast, including his telephone to clasp a planetary bid league to assistance resoluteness the warfare triggered by Russia's penetration of Ukraine. Ukrainian shot players and different officials had publicised the message, helium said.
"Even though FIFA blocked this connection from being aired astatine the stadium earlier the last crippled successful Qatar, the satellite inactive heard our appeal," Zelenskiy said successful his nightly video code to Ukrainians.
The World Cup, helium said, was the essence of striving to win.
"But the contention is connected the playing tract and not connected the battlefield. The worst that tin hap is simply a reddish paper - and not the reddish button," helium said, alluding to the anticipation of a atomic strike.
CNN reported connected Friday that Zelenskiy had asked FIFA to fto him stock a connection of bid earlier the final.
"We offered (a) bid look to the world. Absolutely fair. We offered it due to the fact that determination are nary champions successful war, determination tin beryllium nary draw," Zelenskiy said successful a video issued by his office.
Russia invaded Ukraine successful February, successful what it calls a "special subject operation". The struggle has killed thousands of civilians and displaced millions from their homes.
"I denote the inaugural to clasp a Global Peace Formula Summit this winter. The acme to unite each nations of the satellite astir the origin of planetary peace. Stadiums' stands get bare aft the match, and aft the warfare cities stay empty," the Ukrainian president said.
Russian quality agencies reported that Kremlin person Vladimir Putin had "warmly congratulated" Argentine President Alberto Fernandez connected Argentina's triumph implicit France successful the World Cup last astatine Doha's Lusail stadium connected Sunday.
Ukrainian statesmanlike adjutant Mykhailo Podolyak said connected Twitter that FIFA "shows a deficiency of knowing of the catastrophe that the Russian federation is dragging the satellite into by starting a warfare successful Ukraine".
FIFA rejects immoderate governmental messages successful organising World Cup matches.
The planetary tv assemblage for Sunday's last was expected to person been successful the hundreds of millions.
Reporting by Pavel Polityuk and Ron Popeski; Editing by Hugh Lawson and Paul Simao
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