KIEV — Lithuania's president warned Ukraine of isolation over the imprisonment and deteriorating health of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Dalia Grybauskaite spoke late Friday after visiting Tymoshenko in a hospital in the eastern city of Kharkiv, where the opposition leader was moved this week to be treated for a severe spinal condition. Tymoshenko, 51, is recovering from a hunger strike in protest over an alleged beating by prison officials.
Grybauskaite praised Ukrainian authorities' decision to allow Tymoshenko to be treated under the supervision of a German doctor. But she added that it is "only the first step on the path toward European values."
(AP)
