The court hearing the case against Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko concerning financial abuse within the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU) corporation has been adjourned until 1400 on November 23.

"The court ruled that it is impossible to consider the case in the absence of Tymoshenko and her defense lawyer. The court announces a break in the hearing until 1400 in November 23," the presiding judge in the trial on the case, Kostiantyn Sadovsky, announced in Kharkiv on Tuesday.

Leaders of the opposition Arseniy Yatseniuk, Oleksandr Turchynov, Viacheslav Kyrylenko, Mykola Tomenko and Tymoshenko's aunt Antonina Uliakhina were present in courtroom.