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Russia issue looms for Paris Olympics, Zelenskyy rebukes IOC

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a cabinet meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Bucha relatives gather to mourn the body of Oleksiy Zavadskyi, a Ukrainian serviceman who died in combat on January 15 in Bakhmut, during his funeral in Bucha, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto after their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pays his respects to victims of a deadly helicopter crash during a farewell ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, his Deputy Yevhen Yenin, State Secretary Yurii Lubkovych, national police official and the three crew members were killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday in Kyiv suburbs of Brovary. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia issue looms for Paris Olympics, Zelenskyy rebukes IOC