Yulia Tymoshenko lashed out at what she called a “purge” tied to elections in Ukraine after her offices were raided by corruption investigators probing alleged bribery of parliamentarians to sway their votes.
Tymoshenko, a former prime minister of Ukraine and an opposition politician likely to rival President Volodymyr Zelensky if he stands again for election, said “I categorically reject all these absurd accusations” in a response posted to her Facebook page.
“It seems the elections are much closer than it appeared,” Tymoshenko, a People’s Deputy of Ukraine with the Batkivshchyna party, said in her statement, originally in Ukrainian.
“And someone has decided to begin a purge of competitors. This is not the first political hit job against me. Persecution and terror have been my daily reality for many years.
“I have long since stopped being afraid, because I know that I am honest with myself, with the people, and with Ukraine. No one can break me or stop me. And this time, once again, we will prove the truth.”
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