12 October: There has been an international outcry following the sentencing of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko to seven years imprisonment on charges of abuse of power. The EU High Representative on Foreign and Security Policy, Catherine

In her statement, Catherine Ashton added that "The EU will reflect on its policies towards Ukraine. The way the Ukrainian authorities will generally respect universal values and rule of law, and specifically how they will handle these cases, risks having profound implications for the EU-Ukraine bilateral relationship, including for the conclusion of the Association Agreement, our political dialogue and our co-operation more broadly".