The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed Russian teams will be barred from competing in the Winter Games in Italy next year — extending sanctions imposed over the country’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 that started the ongoing war there.

The IOC is extending its ruling from March 2023 that kept Russian teams out of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Individual Russian athletes were allowed to compete in neutral teams last year but not under the country’s flag. That arrangement, which also applied to athletes from Russian ally Belarus, is expected to also continue.

“This recommendation was made after consultations with the International Federations concerned and the other Olympic Movement stakeholders,” the IOC told The Hill.

“This position reflects the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee because of its annexation of regional sports organisations on the territory of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. Such action constitutes a breach of the Olympic Charter because it violates the territorial integrity of the NOC of Ukraine, as recognised by the IOC in accordance with the Olympic Charter.”

International Ice Hockey Federation President Luc Tardif told reporters Sunday the IOC’s statement extending the ban was expected.

“Recently they asked us to send them a schedule without Russia, so that’s where we are,” he told hockeynews.se and hokej.cz on Sunday. “The official statement is pending but the IOC has told us that they are informing the Russian Olympic Committee that they are not participating in the Olympics.”

“We have been pressuring them to make a decision, one way or another, because we’re getting closer to the Olympics and we need to know,” Tardif added.

Russia, historically a powerhouse competitor in Olympic ice hockey and figure skating events, hosted the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.

Updated at 4:41 p.m. EDT