Ukraine PM Yulia Tymoshenko has dropped her legal challenge against her rival's victory in Ukraine's presidential election, reports say.

Tymoshenko reportedly said she did not see any sense in pursuing the case against the winner, Viktor Yanukovych.

The Kiev court had suspended the result when Tymosheko appealed on Tuesday, claiming the poll was rigged.

International monitors deemed the vote free and fair, and Yanukovych is due to be inaugurated on 25 February, the BBC reported.

Ukrainian Central Electoral Commission's declaration on Sunday that Yanukovych had won the vote by a margin of 3,48%.

Tymoshenko had so far rejected Yanukovych's appeals for her to accept defeat, claiming the election was marred by "systemic, fundamental and general falsifications".

As recently as Friday she had appealed for the poll to be declared void, saying: "I cannot accept double standards and I cannot give up".

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