Ukraine anti-corruption court can start work early 2019 - prosecutor

Yuriy Lutsenko, Prosecutor General of Ukraine, speaks at Chatham House alongside Eugene Yenin, Deputy Prosecutor General, in London, Britain, May 2, 2018. Picture taken May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Karin Strohecker

LONDON (Reuters) - Ukraine's new corruption court, whose creation is a key condition set by Western aid donors, should be ready to hear its first cases early next year, General Prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko said.

In an interview with Reuters in London, Lutsenko also said he hoped to join forces with the FBI on an investigation relating to U.S. President Donald Trump's ex-aide Paul Manafort.