The response of Ukrainian goverment about boycott Euro 2012

"I have attended many world cups and European championships and I've never seen high-ranking politicians at group games," said Borys Kolesnikov, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister. Kolesnikov answer for Euro 2012 boycott over Ukraine's treatment of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.

"Attending a national team game is an opportunity but not an obligation for any politician" he said. 
"All the hotels in Ukraine are 99.9 percent full" he said too.

Eugenia Tymoshenko welcomes boycott of Euro 2012 by politicians

“The politicians who come to the finals should ask to meet political prisoners and make sure they understand and make sure the media and the Ukrainian community understand that they are against political repression, but they are there to cheer their team,” said Eugenia Tymoshenko, the daughter of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.

Eugenia Tymoshenko welcomed the boycott of European politicians of the Euro 2012 football competition.

The boycott started by the German, French governments and British ministers.

According to wikipedia " the trial against Tymoshenko has been rated as "selective justice" and "political persecution" in statements by the U.S.A, Russia, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain and other European countries; and in statements of the European Union, NATO, the European People's Party; as well as by human rights organizations: Transparency International, Freedom House, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch"