The number of countries boycotting the opening ceremony of the 2026 Paralympic Games has risen to 14, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said.

"Austria, Romania and the United Kingdom have confirmed that their officials will not attend the opening ceremony of the 2026 Paralympic Games," he said on Telegram channel.

Sybiha said thus 14 countries and the EU have already refused to participate in the event where the International Paralympic Committee allowed Russia and Belarus to wave their blood-stained flags.

"We are grateful to all our partners who have taken this morally correct position. These are not just flags — they are symbols of an aggressive war in which at least 650 Ukrainian athletes and coaches have been killed, 800 sports facilities have been damaged and hundreds of thousands of war crimes have been committed. We strongly urge all countries to refrain from sending officials to this ceremony," the foreign minister added.

Earlier it was reported that 11 countries were boycotting the opening ceremony of the 2026 Paralympic Games.

"Already 11 countries – Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland and Ukraine – together with the EU are boycotting the opening ceremony of the 2026 Paralympic Games at the official level," he said on the X social network on Tuesday.