According to Poroshenko, he was not allowed to continue his trip to Poland.
Ukraine Border authorities have said the country’s former president Petro Poroshenko has been stopped at a checkpoint in the Lviv region of Ukraine.
Poroshenko’s representatives confirmed what happened on Saturday.
Earlier, several media reported that Poroshenko had tried to cross the border into Poland with his own Range Rover. Border authorities say Ukrainskaja Pravdallethat Poroshenko was at the Rava-Ruska checkpoint at 11:45 p.m. Friday night. Poroshenko was not allowed to continue his journey to Poland.
Case therefore, speculation has arisen that the interruption of Poroshenko’s journey is due to suspected treason.
Poroshenko was charged with treason in January in Kiev. The charges relate to alleged coal trades in the separatist regions of eastern Ukraine in 2014-2015. Poroshenko herself has seen the allegations as a political chase.
In a January trial, a judge ordered Poroshenko’s passport to be confiscated. According to the judge’s decision, he was allowed to answer charges on a free foot, but he should be available to the court.
Representatives of Poroshenko accused the authorities on Saturday of violating the so-called political ceasefire. This refers to a tacit agreement to put aside the contradictions of domestic politics during the war.
“There is a danger that with this decision, the authorities have violated the ‘political ceasefire’ during the war, which is one of the pillars of national unity in the face of the Russian invasion,” representatives of the former president told Reuters.
European According to the Solidarity Party, the former president is on a mission. He is due to attend the Parliamentary Assembly of the Military Alliance NATO in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, and later the European People’s Party (EPP).
Party MP Irina Herashchenko says the news agency Unianin that an attempt has been made to contact the Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament to clarify the situation.