KYIV. March 23 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden have coordinated positions on the return of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko convicted in Russia to Ukraine, the presidential press service reports.
"The sides have coordinated their positions for the purpose of the soonest return of Nadiya Savchenko to Ukraine," it said.
According to the press service, the U.S. vice-president assured Poroshenko that Russia would be urged to immediately release Savchenko during the forthcoming visit of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Moscow.
In addition, Poroshenko told the U.S. vice-president about the situation in Donbas.
Biden confirmed the unwavering U.S. support for Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity and said that the sanctions against Russia would stay in place until its complete fulfillment of the Minsk agreements, the report said.
The United States will continue to assist Ukraine on the path of reforms, the U.S. vice-president said.
The Donetsk City Court in the Rostov region sentenced Savchenko to 22 years in a penitentiary on Tuesday on charges of murdering Russian journalists.
The period of Savchenko's incarceration since June 30, 2014, was included in her prison time. The Russian court resolved that Savchenko would serve 20 years in a penitentiary.