KIEV, May 16 – The mayors of the Ukrainian capital and three regional centers (Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk and Lviv) have expressed their willingness to host the Eurovision 2017 song contest in their cities.

Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that the capital will properly prepare to host Eurovision "at the highest level." "Kiev will host Eurovision for the second time and we will try our best to properly prepare and host the contest at the highest level. We are already starting the preparations," the Kiev mayor's press service quoted him as saying.