to the ice i m russian. washington capitals superstar ovechkin calling the russian invasion of ukraine a hard situation. i have lots of friends in russia and ukraine. it s hard to see the war. i hope soon is going to be over and going to be peace in the whole world. but he also said vladimir putin is his president and said he was not in politics. on instagram, a black screen posted by russian soccer player smolov who captioned his post no to war. soccer players around the world showing support for ukraine. refusing to play in any potential soccer matches against russia in the world cup qualifiers. some international gymnastics and boxing organizations taking