Deputy Director General of the National Public Broadcasting Company Pavlo Hrytsak, who is in charge of organization of the Eurovision Song Contest-2017 said that preparation for it continues on schedule, albeit with some delay in the announcement of tender procedures.
Vice Prime Minister Vyacheslav Kyrylenko said that any personnel changes will not affect the quality of organization of the contest in Ukraine. Several employees of the National Public Broadcasting Company, who took part in the organization of Eurovision in Kiev said of their withdrawal from the project. According to their statement, the reason for this decision was a conflict with the new factual chief of the contest.