Prison Service: Tymoshenko moved to medical unit in jail

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister and Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko has been moved to a ward in the medical unit of Kyiv's detention center, reads a statement posted on the Web site of the State Prison Service of Ukraine on Tuesday.

According to the report, Tymoshenko was moved to the medical unit "to undergo a designated course of medical treatment."

"The living conditions in this ward (including the temperature) correspond to European standards, as well as the requirements of national legislation and international standards," reads the report.

In addition, the Prison Service said that the prison's medical staff had assessed Tymoshenko's health "not having deteriorated over the past few days and matching the symptoms of the existing disease."

"She is currently undergoing in full a course of medical treatment designated by a Health Ministry commission," reads the report.

The Prison Service also said that Tymoshenko had met with her defense lawyer, Serhiy Vlasenko, in an interrogation room in the medical unit of the prison since 1400 on Tuesday and that as of 1600 the meeting had not ended.