Tymoshenko: We don't yet know who ‘NABU agent’ was
Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the Batkivschyna parliamentary faction and suspected of offering improper benefits to Ukrainian MPs, says she doesn’t know who collaborated with anti-corruption agencies in her case.
"I never said such things. This audio recording is falsified ... We don’t know yet; we’ll be figuring this out in court now… Never in my life have we had such a conversation," Tymoshenko said before her pretrial detention hearing on Friday, answering journalists’ questions about whether she knew who the "NABU agent" and second deputy was in the law enforcement recordings.
She also added that she plans to conduct an independent examination of the released recording.
Earlier, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) announced that it would request the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) to impose a preventive measure in the form of bail of UAH 50 million.
As reported, on January 14, the NABU and SAPO notified the leader of the parliamentary faction of suspicion of offering improper benefits to Ukrainian MPs. According to the investigation, after uncovering in December 2025 instances of MPs receiving improper benefits for passing bills in parliament, the suspect initiated negotiations with individual MPs about introducing a systemic mechanism for providing improper benefits in exchange for loyal behavior during voting.
Tymoshenko herself denies the charges and has accused the attack of being a politically motivated plot.