UEFA was set to tell the names of six Polish cities as Euro 2012 venues before the Ukrainian officials asked the European governing body to delay a decision, Ukraine football federation president Grigory Surkis mentioned on Thursday, Reuters reported.

On Wednesday UEFA admitted the Polish cities of Warsaw, Gdansk, Poznan and Wroclaw and the Ukrainian capital Kyiv as venues. But it added the other Ukrainian cities Lviv, Donetsk and Kharkiv would have to wait until November 30 for a final decision.

UEFA president Michel Platini also said to Ukraine that Warsaw could stage the final if the problems in Kyiv with its main stadium, airport and transport infrastructure were not resolved.

Surkis reported the outcome of UEFA meeting in Bucharest could have been far worse for Ukraine which has been criticized repeatedly for its slow pace in preparing for the tournament.

"During my speech in Bucharest, I tried to ask the UEFA executive committee to maintain the principle of equal proportion because violation of this principle could lead to social apathy in Ukraine," Surkis noted to reporters. "The Ukrainian nation would take the inequality as a personal tragedy -- they would consider themselves second rate people.

Officials, including Surkis, vowed to hurry up preparations to convince UEFA to guarantee the four cities when it next considers the issue on November 30.