The health of the former Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko continues to be extremely difficult, the leader of the opposition faction ByuT (Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko) Andriy Kozhemyakin, told Ukraine’s Parliament on 17 May.
On 14 May, Germany RWE Supply & Trading (RWEST) confirmed it has signed a gas sale and purchase agreement with Ukrainian national joint stock company Naftogaz.
On 10 May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Ukraine was a "dictatorship" and likened it to authoritarian and isolated Belarus. Merkel has been an outspoken critic of Ukrainian President
On 3 May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Ukrainian leaders to allow jailed former prime minister and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko proper treatment for her ailments.
Recent reports that Yulia Tymoshenko was assaulted by guards have angered the European Union. Ukraine’s former prime minister and opposition leader has a lot of friends in Brussels and Strasbourg who are increasing pressure on the Ukrainian authorities and President Viktor Yanukovych to end their alleged mistreatment of Tymoshenko and...