KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine on Thursday denounced what it said were attempts to politicise the European football championships next month as "destructive" and said the failure of the tournament would be a loss for millions of people.
Several European politicians have said they intend to stay away from the former Soviet republic in protest at the treatment accorded to imprisoned opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko by the Kiev authorities.
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