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With European leaders threatening to boycott the matches being played in burberry outlet Ukraine to protest against the treatment of former PM Yulia Tymoshenko, this championship, co-hosted with Poland, has every chance of becoming one of the most politicised sporting events in decades. Different boycott Many political and sports observers in Kiev doubt that the threat to boycott the Euro 2012 matches will actually happen. And Ukrainian opposition leaders have urged Europe's leaders to boycott Ukraine's authorities rather than the football contest. The leader of the opposition Front for Change party, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine's third most popular politician after Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko, urged European leaders to come to the championship but suggested they ignore the president. Continue reading the main story “ Start Quote Solving political problems this way means employing cold war methods.” Oleg Voloshyn Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesperson "The best scenario would be if the European leaders attended the championship, but did not meet burberry wallets President Yanukovych. It's supposed to be a visit to Ukrainians, not to Yanukovych," he said. Ukrainian ex-foreign minister and Tymoshenko ally Borys Tarasyuk considers it unlikely that a boycott will go ahead, as the EU does not have an official, consolidated position on the issue. The European Commission has, however, said none of its officials will attend the tournament. European leaders are well aware that boycotting Euro 2012 would also mean ignoring the interests of thousands of fans, the former minister believes. The Ukrainian authorities are focusing on the supporters too. 'Cold War' While Mr Yanukovych has given no comment on the threats of European leaders as significant as Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel to boycott the tournament, Ukraine's foreign affairs ministry has been open in its condemnation. "Euro 2012 is sport, not politics, it's a football championship, not a political summit," said Oleg Voloshyn, the ministry's Director-General of Information Policy. "Solving political problems this way means employing Cold War methods." Diplomats say a boycott would be detrimental primarily to the millions of Ukrainians, burberry hat outlet cheap on sale chocolate who either back other political parties or show very little interest in politics altogether.