Ukraine Candidate Vows ‘Prison for Life’ for Military Graft

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko speaks during her press conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, March. 7, 2019. Tymoshenko is running in the president election scheduled for March 31. AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

MINSK, Belarus—Ukrainian presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko on March 7 promised life imprisonment for anyone convicted of military corruption allegations, including the incumbent president.

A media investigation last week detailed alleged embezzlement schemes in Ukraine’s military industry, including at a factory controlled by President Petro Poroshenko.