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The proposal of sanctions against Ukrainian officials by the EU looks like score settling in response to criminal proceedings against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Ukraine.

“This is the punishment of those involved in sentencing of
Tymoshenko. This is score-settling,” the director of the Foreign
Ministry’s information policy department, Oleh Voloshyn, said on air of
the Channel 5 on Monday evening.

He noted that the introduction of sanctions against representatives
of law enforcement agencies for the performance of their duties looks
strange at the very least.

The Foreign Ministry’s spokesman believes that personal sanctions
should be introduced when there is evidence of corruption, or serious
violation of human rights.