Ukrainian Premier League suspended

The Ukrainian Premier League will be suspended for at least 30 days, it has been announced, after President Volodymyr Zelensky declared martial law in the country.

Ukraine’s elite football league had been scheduled to resume activity on Friday after the conclusion of its winter break, but confirmed in a message on its official website on Thursday that this will no longer be happening in the wake of the Zelensky's martial declaration, RT said.

The development also brings into doubt Scotland's proposed World Cup qualifier against Ukraine scheduled to take place in Glasgow on March 24.

This comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a special operation to defend the newly recognized regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in Donbass.