The Ministry of Youth and Sports has stripped Tymoshchuk and Kaladze of the titles of Masters of Sports of Ukraine.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports announced the stripping of sports titles from several athletes.

Among them, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk and Serhiy Karyakin were stripped of the titles 'Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine' and 'Master of Sports of Ukraine', while Kaha Kaladze was stripped of the title 'Master of Sports of Ukraine of international class'.

Larysa Halinska, who served in the National Guard and moved to Russia, was stripped of the titles 'Master of Sports of Ukraine of international class' and 'Master of Sports of Ukraine'.

Also, the title 'Master of Sports of Ukraine' was stripped from the Chernivtsi karate athlete Yevhen Pylypyuk, who did not return to Ukraine after the tournament in Venice, as well as his wife Daria Pylypyuk.

The title 'Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine' was stripped from: Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (football), Serhiy Karyakin (chess)

The title 'Honored Coach of Ukraine' was stripped from: Serhiy Stepanenko (cycling)

The titles 'Master of Sports of Ukraine of international class' were stripped from: Larysa Halinska (rowing), Kaha Kaladze (football), Oleg Mosur (Ukrainian wrestling on belts), Oleksandr Oshchepkov (universal fight), Yuriy Vasylyshyn (combat Jiu-Jitsu), Mark Boychuk (WAKO kickboxing and taekwondo), Serhiy Karyakin (chess), Volodymyr Kuruohlu (powerlifting for the visually impaired)

The titles 'Master of Sports of Ukraine' were stripped from (some athletes are mentioned more than once, as they were stripped of titles in several sports): Dmytro Hruschak (biathlon), Vladyslav Atamasov (freestyle wrestling), Larysa Halinska (rowing), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (football), Artem Melkumyan, Andriy Stoyan (combat sambo), Daria Pylypyuk, Yevhen Pylypyuk (karate), Oleksandr Oshchepkov (universal fight), Dmytro Makarov, Tymur Kurbankadiyev, Artem Melkumyan, Andriy Stoyan (mixed martial arts (MMA)), Tural Ramila ogly Bashirov (ISKA kickboxing), Artem Melkumyan, Andriy Stoyan (combat Jiu-Jitsu), Artem Melkumyan (hand-to-hand combat), Daryna Korolovych (taekwondo), Oleksandr Mahda (beach football), Serhiy Karyakin (chess), Volodymyr Kuruohlu (powerlifting for the visually impaired).

Sports journalist Zubar Chitaya from Georgia expressed his opinion about Kaha Kaladze.

'Kaladze is absolutely sane. He is just a scoundrel. And just a person who chose his path, his side, and this side is called this: 'I will be with those who guarantee me well-being, the preservation of power, the preservation of my warm place, profit, and so on – instead of conscience, instead of responsibility for my country, instead of the future of this country and Ukraine in particular, as it is seen by the majority of these countries. My own behind is more important to me, so that it is warm. And in order for it to be warm, and to serve the masters who provide this warmth, I will go to anything'. And so he went, went, went, gradually drifted, drifted, drifted – and crossed all buoys, all red lines. Together with his masters, he burned all the bridges behind him. Now he has nowhere to return, there's no way to withdraw,' Chitaya said.

He also emphasized that Kaladze has become a traitor.