Ukraine moves Tymoshenko to hospital from jail

Ukraine moves Tymoshenko to hospital from jail

KHARKIV - Agence France-Presse
Ukraine moves Tymoshenko to hospital from jail

A handout picture release on April 27 and taken on April 25, 2012, shows jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. AFP photo

Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko was on Wednesday moved from her prison to a hospital for treatment by a team including a German doctor, the prisons service said.

"Tymoshenko was transferred from her penal colony to hospital for a course of treatment recommended by an international medical commission," the prisons service said in a statement.