The United States plans soon to send a team of experts to Ukraine to help the Ukrainian authorities identify the location of assets that may have been stolen by corrupt officials, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday.

"The United States is deploying an interagency team of experts to Kyiv this week to begin to work with their Ukrainian counterparts to identify assets that may have been stolen, identify their current location, and assist in returning those assets to Ukraine.," - said in a statement .