[42] The predecessor of today's party is the Association of Peace-loving Forces "Batkivshchyna" that was founded in 1995 by Volodymyr Prisnyakov, a rector at Dnipropetrovsk National University.

[43] On 14 September 1998 the General Prosecutor of Ukraine accused Hromada leader Pavlo Lazarenko of embezzlement, and the following March Tymoshenko established the "Fatherland" parliamentary group.

According to which the party is entrusted with the main duties to protect the interests of the Ukrainian people in their struggle for the independence of Ukraine, the preservation of national identity, the European future of the country and a decent life for all its citizens.

On 11 October she was sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of abuse of power and official authority when entering into gas contracts with Russia in January 2009.

The Danish Helsinki Committee, observing the trial, came to the conclusion that it was politically motivated and included gross violations of the European Convention on Human Rights.

[82] In early April 2013, four lawmakers left the party in protest of Yatsenyuk's leadership style, and Roman Stadniychuk was forced to replace Serhiy Vlasenko's parliamentary mandate.

[30] The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg acknowledged political persecution and torture and stopped studying the criminal cases against Yulia Tymoshenko dated 2011–2014.

[117] In early June, Tymoshenko announced that the party will not be part of opposition to President Zelensky if it is not included in the ruling coalition formed after the next elections.

[121] In November 2019, after the parliament passed a bill to lift the moratorium on land sales, the leader of the "Fatherland" faction Yulia Tymoshenko announced her transition to opposition to the ruling Servant of the People party.

On 15 December 2019, the National Headquarters approved demands to President Volodymyr Zelensky that it be necessary to postpone the adoption of "land laws", extend the moratorium and announce a referendum.

[124][125] On 19 December 2019, Yulia Tymoshenko and Batkivshchyna deputies addressed the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine with a statement pointing to conflicts of interest and corruption in the Parliamentary Committee on Agrarian Policy during the consideration of the law on land sales.

[127] On 29 January 2021, the Batkivshchyna faction registered in the Verkhovna Rada a draft law "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On the Natural Gas Market" (regarding the direction of natural gas accumulated during the unheated period and domestic production for the needs of the population)"[128] In November 2020, Tymoshenko's party supported the all-Ukrainian SaveFOP campaign by registering Bill 3853-2 to simplify the taxation system for small businesses.

[130][131] On 1 March 2021, the Batkivshchyna party demanded that the Government stop importing electricity from Russia and Belarus to Ukraine and launch an investigation into the matter.

[134] On 21 July 2021, the Batkivshchyna party developed a draft of the new Constitution of Ukraine, which provides for the division of powers into four branches – legislative, executive, judicial and control.

[136] On 18 October 2021, the Batkivshchyna faction announced a demand for the authorities to declare a state of emergency in the energy sector and proposed an urgent plan to avoid the crisis and calmly pass the heating season for.

[140] On 1 March 2022, during the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, the leader of the Batkivshchyna party, Yulia Tymoshenko, took custody of the Okhmatdyt children's hospital.

On 18 March 2022, Yulia Tymoshenko created the Center for Humanitarian Aid in the all-Ukrainian association "Batkivshchyna" to help vulnerable groups of the population and the Ukrainian military.

Speaking from the rostrum of the parliament, Tymoshenko published information confirming the corruption component of the package of government bills 7427 and 7429 submitted for consideration, which introduced an opaque scheme for the purchase of natural gas by Naftogaz.

[146] On 29 July 2022, the Verkhovna Rada voted for the legislative initiative of Tymoshenko on the creation of a Temporary Special Commission to Investigate the Crisis in the Energy Market of Ukraine.

[148] On 6 July 2023, the "Batkivshchyna" team, led by leader Yulia Tymoshenko, announced the creation of a volunteer program to provide the Ukrainian military with new medical aid vehicles.

[149] On 7 July 2023, the "Batkivshchyna" faction called on the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to adopt a resolution on the introduction of a moratorium on any changes to the borders of the Chernobyl zones.

[150] On 12 July 2023, the "Batkivshchyna" faction registered in the Parliament a draft law «On adoption of a decision on the cultivation/production (cultivation) and other circulation of cannabis plants in Ukraine exclusively through an all-Ukrainian referendum».

[152] On 18 July 2023 Yulia Tymoshenko from the Batkivshchyna party handed over to military doctors a modern resuscitation vehicle for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

[154] In September 2023, Batkivshchyna created a Temporary Special Commission (TSC) on the conditions of treatment of wounded soldiers, headed by Yulia Tymoshenko.

[159] On 25 April 2024, the "Batkivshchyna" faction submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine a resolution on the settlement of the issue of providing consular services to Ukrainians abroad.

[162] On 3 December 2024, the Batkivshchyna party prepared a submission to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and will challenge the laws that deprive the country of sovereignty.

[173] Before their removal of power in February 2014 the party sought to impeach former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his "anti-people regime" to "return Ukraine to the path of European integration",[176] while trying to reverse the former Azarov Government policy of raising the status of the Russian language.

[181] On 15 May 2016, "Fatherland" prepared a statement in the name of the new Prosecutor General in connection with offenses in the activities of the National Commission, which performs state regulation in the energy and utilities relative to the unjustified increase of gas prices for the population.

[191][192] On 1 March 2021, the "Fatherland" party in the Verkhovna Rada demanded to submit to parliament a draft law banning the import of electricity from Russia and Belarus.

[194][195] The leader of the Batkivshchyna party introduced a competition for talented Ukrainian students to receive a scholarship named after Yulia Tymoshenko, who will enter the Nova School of Business and Economics in Portugal.