FIFA has apologised for displaying a map during the qualifying draw for the 2026 World Cup that excluded Crimea from Ukraine's territory, which Kyiv had criticised as an "unacceptable error".

Moscow's forces have captured Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region and about to gain Toretsk, according to reports.

Ukraine was one of 54 national teams included in the draw Friday in Zurich for European ... adding: "We fixed the map for you and expect a public apology." Mammadov replied that the map was ...

Ukrainian forces fighting around Velyka Novosilka claim its Russian takeover will amount to nothing more than a flag-raising ...

Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on February 24 2022, with western officials initially ...

Ukraine was one of 54 national teams included in the draw Friday in Zurich for European qualifying groups ... adding: “We fixed the map for you and expect a public apology.” Mammadov replied that the ...