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Editor’s Note: The following is a statement issued by the U.S Embassy in Kyiv on April 13.

“With respect to the conviction today of former Acting Defense Minister Ivashchenko, we are deeply disappointed in this latest example of selective justice in Ukraine and call for his release, particularly given the state of his health after 18 months in pre-trial detention.”