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No players from Russian clubs included in Ukraine's Euro 2016 squad

Ukraine have not included any players from Russian clubs in their preliminary squad for the European Championship, in a move likely to continue debate over alleged politically motivated selection.

The Ukrainian Football Federation's 25-man squad and four-man reserve features players from clubs in six countries, but not neighbouring Russia.

Among those left out was striker Yevhen Seleznyov, who was a key player in qualifying but has not been selected since he signed for Russian club Kuban Krasnodar in the winter.

He left Kuban last week and signed for Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk.

Also absent were Rubin Kazan forward Marko Devic and promising young midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko, whose agent has said he is leaving Ufa for Borussia Dortmund in Germany.

In March, the federation issued a statement denying political bias when its squad for friendlies also contained no Russia-based players.

The full squad:

Goalkeepers: Denis Boyko (Besiktas), Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar), Mykyta Shevchenko (Zorya)

Defenders: Artem Fedetskyy (Dnipro), Nikita Kamenyuka (Zorya), Yevhen Khacheridi (Dynamo Kiev), Olexandr Kucher (Shakhtar), Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Shakhtar), Viacheslav Shevchuk (Shakhtar)

Midfielders: Denis Garmash (Dynamo Kiev), Oleg Gusev (Dynamo Kiev), Oleksandr Karavayev (Zorya), Yevhen Konoplyanka (Sevilla), Viktor Kovalenko (Shakhtar), Maksim Malyshev (Shakhtar), Ivan Petryak (Zorya), Ruslan Rotan (Dnipro), Serhiy Rybalka (Dynamo Kiev), Evgeniy Shakhov (Dnipro), Taras Stepanenko (Shakhtar), Sergiy Sydorchuk (Dynamo Kiev), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Kairat), Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kiev)

Forwards: Pylyp Budkivsky (Zorya), Artem Kravets (Stuttgart), Roman Zozulya (Dnipro)