Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko will turn to President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko with a request to dismiss Yuri Yekhanurov as Defense Minister of Ukraine.

According to an UNIAN correspondent, she claimed this to a session of the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday.

“I, being the Prime Minister, have reviewed all the evidence and I may state: there is unprecedented corruption concerning budget means. It is my personal conclusion, and I have a right to make it. That is why I will send today a letter to the President, I will add all the documents that we have, with a request, in line with the Constitution, to send a submission to the Verkhovna Rada on the dismissal of the Defense Minister”, Yulia Tymoshenko stressed.

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The Prime Minister informed that she will send the same letter concerning Yekhanurov’s dismissal to the parliament. “I do not want any corruption in the Ukrainian government. I stress once again that all the expenses in all Ministries will be checked”, she emphasized.