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    Vice President Biden will discuss several issues and themes during his upcoming trip to Ukraine, according to senior administration officials, including: - Maintaining strong U.S. commitment to Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression. - Continued opposition to Russia's annexation of Crimea. - Urging Ukraine to pass more reforms to strengthen rule of law and governance. - Wanting full implementation of recently passed anti-corruption laws. - Remaining concerned about Ukraine's economic and humanitarian needs. - Supporting implementation of the Minsk Agreements and de-escalation of violence. - Reinforcing broader diplomatic strategy with European partners to maintain sanctions on Russia.

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    Vice President Biden will discuss several issues and themes during his upcoming trip to Ukraine, according to senior administration officials, including: - Maintaining strong U.S. commitment to Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression. - Continued opposition to Russia's annexation of Crimea. - Urging Ukraine to pass more reforms to strengthen rule of law and governance. - Wanting full implementation of recently passed anti-corruption laws. - Remaining concerned about Ukraine's economic and humanitarian needs. - Supporting implementation of the Minsk Agreements and de-escalation of violence. - Reinforcing broader diplomatic strategy with European partners to maintain sanctions on Russia.

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    Vice President Biden will discuss several issues and themes during his upcoming trip to Ukraine, according to senior administration officials, including: - Maintaining strong U.S. commitment to Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression. - Continued opposition to Russia's annexation of Crimea. - Urging Ukraine to pass more reforms to strengthen rule of law and governance. - Wanting full implementation of recently passed anti-corruption laws. - Remaining concerned about Ukraine's economic and humanitarian needs. - Supporting implementation of the Minsk Agreements and de-escalation of violence. - Reinforcing broader diplomatic strategy with European partners to maintain sanctions on Russia.

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    Vice President Biden will discuss several issues and themes during his upcoming trip to Ukraine, according to senior administration officials, including: - Maintaining strong U.S. commitment to Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression. - Continued opposition to Russia's annexation of Crimea. - Urging Ukraine to pass more reforms to strengthen rule of law and governance. - Wanting full implementation of recently passed anti-corruption laws. - Remaining concerned about Ukraine's economic and humanitarian needs. - Supporting implementation of the Minsk Agreements and de-escalation of violence. - Reinforcing broader diplomatic strategy with European partners to maintain sanctions on Russia.

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    EXHIBIT 310B

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    Messaging

    According to the senior administration officials on the call, Vice President Biden will
    discuss the following issues and themes during his trip to Ukraine, namely that the U.S.:

    • maintains its strong and sustained commitment to Ukraine in the face of Russian
    aggression;
    • continues to categorically oppose Russia's annexation of Crimea;
    • urges Ukraine to pass more reforms strengthening rnle of law and governance;
    • wants to see full implementation of the recently passed anti-corrnption laws;
    • remains concerned about Ukraine's ongoing economic and humanitarian needs,
    especially as winter approaches;
    • supports implementation of the Minsk Agreements and de-escalation of the
    violence that persists along the conflict line with Russia and separatists;
    • reinforces a broader diplomatic strategy with the supp01t of European partners to
    maintain the sanctions against Russia until the Minsk Agreements are fully
    implemented; and
    • advocates for ongoing U.S. security assistance to Ukraine, including U.S.-led
    training of Ukrainian military.

    Questions and Answers

    In a question-and-answer session with repo1ters, the two officials responded to a number


    of questions about the U.S.-Ukraine relationship and policy toward Russia.

    When asked about the recent Russian proposal for restrncturing Ukraine's $3 billion debt
    to Russia, the U.S. officials maintained that this was a bilateral matter between Ukraine
    and Russia. Dr. Kahl also remarked that Russia's proposals have only been made in the
    media but nothing has been formally proposed.

    With regard to Russia's involvement in Syria, the White House officials stressed that
    dialogue with Russia in Syria is compartmentalized and will not affect U.S. policy toward
    Ukraine. Mr. Carpenter said that sanctions against Russia will hold until the Minsk
    agreement is fully implemented, and that sanctions with regard to Crimea will stay as
    long as Russia occupies the peninsula. He stressed that European partners previously
    agreed to this linkage in writing and will maintain solidarity with the U.S. on sanctions.

    In response to questions about Ukraine's anti-corrnption efforts and reforms of the


    Prosecutor General's Office, Dr. Kahl said that Mr. Biden will reiterate the message that
    Geoffrey Pyatt, the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, has been saying: more needs to be
    done to enable anti-conuption reforms and not have the Prosecutor General's Office
    stand in the way of those efforts. During his trip, Mr. Biden will stress that it is not
    enough to set up a separate, special prosecutor for anti-conuption within the Prosecutor
    General's Office, which has already been done. Rather, the entire institution needs
    serious reforms to overhaul its corrnpt practices.

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