KIEV, Aug. 12 - Ukraine's football federation has called on soccer's world and European governing bodies FIFA and UEFA to sanction the Russian Football Union (RFU) for bringing Crimean clubs into its league structure, Reuters reported.

Three Crimean teams - TSK Simferopol, SKChF Sevastopol and Zhemchuzhina Yalta - have been accepted by the RFU to play in the Russian championship next season.

The trio played matches in the Russian Cup on Tuesday.
An official letter of complaint signed by Anatoly Konkov, Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) president, was posted on the domestic governing body's official website on Tuesday.