Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to participate in the Winter Paralympics in Beijing in 2022.
The athletes were allowed to compete as neutrals.
The situation in the athlete villages had becomeuntenable, according to a statement on Thursday.
The athletes are victims of your governments actions, according to Andrew Parsons.
The opening ceremony for the Winter Paralympics will take place on Friday.
We are very firm believers that politics and sport shouldn't mix.
The war has come to these Games and behind the scenes many governments are having an influence on our cherished event.
Ensuring the safety and security of athletes is of paramount importance to us and the situation in the athlete villages is getting worse.
There were going to be 71 competitors from Russia and 12 from Belarus competing in Beijing.
A number of governing bodies and political figures criticized the IPC for not banning Russian and Belarusian athletes immediately.
Nadine Dorries, the UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, called on the IPC to "urgently reconsider" its decision, while the US Paralympic Committee and the British Paralympian Association expressed their disappointment.
A joint statement from the athletes of Ukraine and the Global Athlete group, an international athlete-led body that aims to inspire change in world sport, said the IPC had issued another blow to every Ukrainian athlete and citizen with their decision.
The situation was described as disgusting by the Ukrainian Olympic skeleton racer.
They put Russia above the interest of other countries, according to Heraskevych, who displayed an anti-war sign during the Beijing Games.
Anything less than a full ban is unacceptable. It is sad and heartbreaking.
It is unlikely that a viable Games could be carried out if Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete.
He apologized to the Para-athletes from the impacted countries for the decisions their governments took last week in breaching the Olympic Truce.
I hope and pray that we can get back to a situation when the focus is fully on the power of sport to transform the lives of persons with disabilities and the best of humanity.
More than 2,000 people have died in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics will promote a message of peace, while the Ukrainian Paralympics team will be able to compete in the Games.
The use of flags by Russian and Belarusian athletes has been banned by a number of governing bodies.
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