U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland has said that the matter which unites people across Ukraine is the need to fight corruption, and the current government should produce results in this regard.

"The public opinion polls show that the number one thing that the people of Ukraine want all across the country – if there's anything that unites this country from Lviv to Donetsk – it's the need to fight corruption. So this is also what Maidan was about, in addition to wanting the path to Europe," she said in an interview with journalist Savik Shuster, which was aired on the Shuster Live political talk show in the evening of July 17.

Nuland said people elected new leaders, new Rada because they want the system cleaned up. "So the faster you deliver, the faster Ukraine will change, the faster you'll be able to attract investment, and the stronger country you will have," she stressed.

The U.S. assistant state secretary said that after the legislative framework has been adopted and the staff reshuffles have started, the system of justice has to work properly.

"So it's not just a matter of presenting cases to the prosecutor. The prosecutor has to complete some cases – whether it's at the federal level, whether it's at the city level, whether it's the local level – so that the people of Ukraine have confidence that if they report a crime, if they report that they've been ripped off, that those people are going to pay, that there will be justice," she added.