Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko declared her intention to run for the Ukrainian presidency during a news conference in Kiev Thursday.
“Yes, I am planning to run,” she told reporters at her office.
Tymoshenko said she intended to ask delegates at a Batkivshchyna Party congress on March 29 to nominate her as a presidential candidate.
Early presidential elections in Ukraine are scheduled for May 25, BBC informs.
