Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was released from a prison hospital in Kharkiv following a parliamentary vote granting her freedom. She had been imprisoned on abuse of office charges since 2011 that were widely seen as politically motivated.
Yulia Tymoshenko's Release From A Prison Hospital
![Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko becomes emotional after she was freed on February 22, 2014.](https://gdb.rferl.org/91872780-f3a9-4af6-b479-dd4dfa35c260_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko becomes emotional after she was freed on February 22, 2014.
![Tymoshenko receives a hug shorly after her release.](https://gdb.rferl.org/1800b96f-1d80-46ed-b235-8309e112033f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tymoshenko receives a hug shorly after her release.
![Tymoshenko was held under guard in a prison hospital where she was being treated for severe and chronic back pain. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/b892477c-8871-42d5-b66d-037cd6218f62_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tymoshenko was held under guard in a prison hospital where she was being treated for severe and chronic back pain.
![Tymoshenko holds the hand of her political ally, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, as she arrived at Kyiv's airport.](https://gdb.rferl.org/91021313-c273-4fe3-a0c2-65c1272c1d76_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tymoshenko holds the hand of her political ally, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, as she arrived at Kyiv's airport.
![Tymoshenko hugs her daughter,Yevhenia,who fought long and hard for her mother's release.](https://gdb.rferl.org/f68c0ab1-f662-4015-a9a0-f949598cdbd0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tymoshenko hugs her daughter,Yevhenia,who fought long and hard for her mother's release.
![Tymoshenko greets supporters from a car as she leaves the Central Clinical Hospital in Kharkiv, Ukraine.](https://gdb.rferl.org/5c0e1396-27e6-45cc-9cc7-58aa96b65e37_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tymoshenko greets supporters from a car as she leaves the Central Clinical Hospital in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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![Yevhenia Tymoshenko brings her hands to her face as Ukraine's parliament voted to free her mother, Yulia Tymoshenko, on February 22, 2014.](https://gdb.rferl.org/dafa1587-9942-4641-a3bd-7c038aec77a6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Yevhenia Tymoshenko brings her hands to her face as Ukraine's parliament voted to free her mother, Yulia Tymoshenko, on February 22, 2014.