Eurovision 2017: Ukraine warned show must go on as organising

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“Hereby we, the Eurovision team, for whom this contest has become not only part of our work but also part of our life, officially announced that we are leaving this project and stopping work on the preparation for the contest,” the signatories said.

They said preparations on the show had stopped for almost two months after Pavlo Hrytsak, the deputy head of Ukrainian state television, was appointed official event coordinator late last year – a move they said had “completely blocked” their work.

“We do not want to comment on the managerial skills, project management principles, communication skills, professional achievements, as well as the values and goals of management,” the letter continued.

Hrytsak insisted the organisers were coordinating closely with the EBU and that “everything is going on according to plan”. Ukraine’s prime minister, Vladimyr Groysman, has also insisted preparations were being conducted “properly” and “absolutely nothing threatens Eurovision”.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/feb/15/eurovision-2017-ukraine-warned-as-organising-team-quits