Kiev (Reuters) - The president of Ukraine's football federation says his players will not travel to Cyprus for Wednesday's friendly international against the United States, but U.S. Soccer believes the game will go ahead as planned.

The friendly, previously scheduled to take place in Kharkiv, had been moved to Cyprus because of Ukraine's unstable political situation and after U.S. requests. Anatoliy Konkov, the head of Ukraine's football federation, said on Monday: "We cannot hold the national championship so what kind of football can we talk of at all? If we do not have an opportunity to play on home soil, why shall we go to Cyprus in those troubled times for your country? "We play for our people and country. Our team does not fly to Cyprus and stay at home," he told the ICTV channel.

Ukraine's Premier League also postponed the restart of the domestic championship after the mid-season break following Russia's military intervention in Ukraine's autonomous region of Crimea.

However, U.S. Soccer said on Twitter on Monday that the game would go ahead. "The Football Federation of Ukraine confirmed that their team will travel to Cyprus and the match will proceed as scheduled," it said.