Yuliya Tymoshenko, leader of the All-Ukrainian Union Batkivschyna (Fatherland) party, has announced that she is open for cooperation with the Samopomich party, Anatoliy Hrytsenko's Hromadianska Pozytsia Party, and musician and civic activist Sviatoslav Vakarchuk.

"We are ready to cooperate with Samopomich party, with Sviatoslav Vakarchuk if he goes into politics, and with Anatoliy Hrytsenko's party Hromadianska Pozytsia. We are striving to get involved all the democratic forces in our work for the sake of Ukraine. We are trying to create a joint, strong national team with the right strategy and with a result that will not be just on paper, in reports, and propaganda spots on television but will be something that our people will feel for themselves, so that they will feel that the country is changing," Tymoshenko said at a press conference in Lviv on November 2, a statement on Batkivschyna's website reads.

Also, she suggested that the level of support of political parties be assessed on the basis of the outcome of local elections.