Platini: Ukraine Will Co-host Euro 2012

UEFA president Michel Platini has given Ukraine assurances that it will not lose the right to co-host the 2012 European Championships despite falling behind on construction deadlines.

Platini previously threatened to revoke the hosting rights from the country f Kiev’s Olympic stadium is not built on time, leaving Poland as the sole host of the tournament.

However speaking in the country’s capital Platini said: ‘It’s impossible that Ukraine would lose Euro 2012. Today the Ukrainians and the Poles are working and are advancing.’

Ukraine has suffered political turmoil in recent years and has been hit particularly hard by the global economic crisis.