Tymoshenko not allowed to go to Vilnius, several regions of Ukraine

The Prosecutor General's Office has rejected Batkivschyna party leader and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's request to allow her to go to Lviv, Volyn and Luhansk regions, as well as to visit Vilnius, Lithuania.

"We reject [Tymoshenko's request to allow her] trips to Vilnius and across Ukraine, since it may affect the proceedings in court," the public prosecution's representative said at the meeting of the Pechersky District Court on Saturday.

Earlier, Tymoshenko's lawyer Serhiy Vlasenko filed several petitions to the court asking it to allow the ex-premier, who is currently banned from leaving Kyiv, to go to Lviv, Volyn and Luhansk regions, as well as to visit Vilnius, Lithuania.