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Tom Coleman

English newspaper columnist calls on Wales and Scotland to step aside and let Ukraine qualify for the World Cup

Wales and Scotland should step aside and let Ukraine qualify for the upcoming World Cup in Qatar. That's the view of a columnist at the Daily Telegraph, who claims the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has presented both Wales and Scotland with a 'moral conundrum'.

Wales secured their place in the play-off final with a win over Austria at the Cardiff City Stadium on Thursday night, and were due to meet either Scotland or Ukraine at the same venue on Tuesday. However, the drastic situation in Ukraine, which has seen an estimated 6.5 million people displaced due to the ongoing show of aggression from Vladimir Putin's forces, has caused the other semi-final at Hampden Park to be postponed until June.

It means Wales will now have to wait until well after next week's finals draw to find out if they have qualified for their first World Cup since 1958. However, columnist Jim White has suggested that both Wales and Scotland step aside, and hand their place over to Ukraine in a show of solidarity.

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