Doctors from the German Charite Clinic are to visit former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is undergoing treatment at Central Clinical Hospital No. 5 in Kharkiv, soon, the ex-premier's defense lawyer, Serhiy Vlasenko, has said.

"Doctors from the German Charite Clinic are expected to visit Yulia Tymoshenko in the near days," Vlasenko said in Kharkiv on October 3, reads a posting on the Web site of the Batkivschyna Party.

When asked by journalists about the reason for putting off the doctors' visit, Vlasenko said that they never cancelled their visit.