Kyiv prepares 'Savchenko list' in coordination with Brussels, Washington - Poroshenko in talks with Linkevicius

18:02, 15.03.2016 1 min read

Ukraine is preparing a list of sanctions against those individuals involved in the illegal detention and trial of Ukrainian servicewoman and parliament deputy Nadiya Savchenko, in coordination with the EU and the United States, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said at a meeting with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius.

"Ukraine is coordinating the preparation of the "Savchenko list" of sanctions with the EU and the United States," Poroshenko's press secretary Sviatoslav Tseholko wrote on Twitter.

At the same time, the information posted on the presidential website states that during the meeting in Kyiv the president praised Lithuania's efforts to support the release of the Ukrainian pilot.

"The parties have coordinated the preparation of the 'Savchenko list' of sanctions," the statement says.