A statement on the FA website read: "Club England medical staff have been in constant contact with their counterparts at Liverpool Football Club since he returned there on Thursday.
"His injury has not progressed as had been hoped and it is now clear that Sturridge will not be fit for the match in Kiev on Tuesday evening."
The Manchester United striker, controversially booked for diving in Montenegro in March, picked up his second yellow card of the campaign in Friday's 4-0 win over Moldova.
Welbeck scored either side of half-time, but he was also cautioned for time-wasting when he kicked the ball just after the whistle had gone for offside.
Manager Roy Hodgson was seething at the decision and means he will be without the United forward for a tricky visit to Kiev.
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