MOSCOW, Feb 27 The International Skating Union (ISU) is monitoring the situation closely in Ukraine and will provide financial assistance to the organizers of the competition to overcome the current circumstances, according to the ISU website. Information time, the ISU plans to conduct all scheduled events as scheduled.The ISU considers the safety of all athletes the highest priority, and if additional safety requirements are required, the ISU will provide financial assistance to the members of the ISU — the organizers of the competition in overcoming this new situation. .It is noted that no competitions were planned for the rest of the 2021/22 season in Russia and Belarus. Russian resident Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided on a special military operation of the Russian Federation to demilitarize Ukraine. In a televised address to the Russians, he said that the circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request for help.» On February 21, Putin signed decrees recognizing the sovereignty of the LPR and the DPR.
