Sports federations who claim sport is separate from politics should not include armed conflicts in that definition because “war is a crime, not politics”, Ukraine’s Sports Minister Matviy Bidnyi told AFP ahead of the Winter Olympics. It is approaching four years since Vladimir Putin launched Russia’s invasion of Ukraine -- just after the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . The military action led to a widespread ban on