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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said individual sanctions need to be imposed against those, who are involved in the criminal prosecution against Nadia Savchenko.

“Individual sanctions, both Ukrainian and international, need to be imposed against all people, who are involved in the prosecution against Nadia Savchenko, Oleh Sentsov and other Ukrainian citizens, Ukrainian patriots taken hostage, who are being illegally tortured on the Russian territory,” the head of state said in an address.