Ukraine move US soccer friendly to Cyprus

An upcoming football friendly between the United States and Ukraine has been moved from Kharkiv to Cyprus because of political unrest in the country.

Ukraine have switched their forthcoming friendly with the United States from Kharkiv to the Cypriot capital Nicosia due to political tension in Ukraine, the national football federation says.

"We decided to go towards the US football federation request to play the match between our teams outside Ukraine for safety reasons," Ukraine's football federation said in a statement on Tuesday.

"We have chosen to play the match at Cyprus."

The match will take place on March 5 with the venue and kick-off time to be decided later.

Last week's Europa League match between Dynamo Kiev and the Spanish side Valencia was also played in Nicosia for safety reasons.

Dynamo lost 2-0.