A certain faction leader of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada is suspected of buying votes.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine announced on the evening of the 13th that a leader of a certain party group in the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada is suspected of bribing several members who are not part of his party group in exchange for their vote of "for" or "against" in specific bill voting. However, the announcement by the anti-corruption bureau did not specify which party group leader is being investigated. Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada member Alexei Goncharenko said that the person under investigation may be the leader of the "Fatherland" party, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.