Ukrainian politician Yulia Tymoshenko is campaigning internationally to support Kiev and hopes the Russian-occupied areas will soon be recaptured. She is reluctant to criticize President Zelenskyy. They come “later”.
Traveling from Kyiv to Vienna is extremely difficult in these times of war. Also for Yulia Tymoshenko. The former Prime Minister of Ukraine, former leader of the opposition and leader of the Fatherland Party, participated on Friday in the “Vienna European Forum”, organized by the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES). Tymoshenko first had to drive several hundred kilometers from Kyiv to Warsaw by car. She finally boarded a plane in the Polish capital. She was accompanied by her longtime confidant and foreign policy expert Hryhorij Nemyria.
For her appearance in Vienna, Tymoshenko appeared in a black turtleneck suit, a white blouse and her typical blonde hair ring. Perfectly made up and well cared for. There are no more traces of the difficulties of the journey. “Presse am Sonntag” met the 61-year-old on the sidelines of the conference.
You were recently in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine to personally deliver a shipment of aid to soldiers. What impressions did you return with?