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 274 Id. at 91.

275 Hill Dep. Tr. at 222-223.

276 Hill-Holmes Hearing Tr. at 92.

277 Id. at 93.

278 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine: 16 November 2018 to 15 February 2019 (online at www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/Reportllkraine16Nov2018-15Feb2019.pdf); Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine: 16 August to 15 November 2017 (online at www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/UAReport20th_EN.pdf); Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Conflict in Ukraine Enters its Fourth Year with No End in Sight (June 13, 2017) (online at www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=21730&LangID=E). These figures do not include the 298 civilians of 13 different nationalities killed aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which a Dutch-led joint investigation found was shot down by a Russian missile system from a Russian military unit, a conclusion supported by U.S. intelligence. See Dutch Safety Board, Report on the Crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 (Oct. 13, 2015) (online at www.onderzoeksraad.nl/en/page/3546/crash-mh17-17-july-2014); U.S. Discloses Intelligence on Downing of Malaysian Jet, Washington Post (July 22, 2014) (online at www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-discloses-intelligence-on-downing-of-malaysianjet/2014/07/22/b178fe58-11e1-11e4-98ee-daea85133bc9_story html).

279 Ambassador Nikki Haley, United States Mission to the United Nations, Remarks at a U.N. Security Council Briefing on Ukraine (May 29, 2018) (online at https://usun.usmission.gov/remarks-at-a-un-security-councilbriefing-on-ukraine-2/).

280 Department of Defense, Secretary of Defense James Mattis Remarks with President Petro Poroshenko (Aug. 24, 2017) (online at www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Speeches/Speech/Article/1291430/secretary-of-defensejames-mattis-remarks-with-president-petro-poroshenko/).

281 European Union External Action, EU-Ukraine Relations Factsheet (Sept. 30, 2019) (online at https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headQuarters-homepage/4081/eu-ukraine-relations-factsheet_en); NATO, Fact Sheet: NATO's Support to Ukraine (Nov. 2018) (www nato.int/nato_static_f12014/assets/pdf/pdf_2018_11/20181106_1811-factsheet-nato-ukraine-support-eng.pdf).

282 DOD Announces $250M to Ukraine, U.S. Department of Defense (June 18, 2019) (online at www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/1879340/dod-announces-250m-to-ukraine/).

283 Kent-Taylor Hearing Tr. at 21, 28-29, 50; Vindman Dep. Tr. at 40-41, 113; Cooper Dep. Tr. at 15-16.

284 Taylor Dep. Tr. at 153.

285 Croft Dep. Tr. at 16.

286 Kent-Taylor Hearing Tr. at 30.

287 Taylor Dep. Tr. at 20.

288 Morrison-Volker Hearing Tr. at 11.

289 Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019, Pub. L. No. 115-245, § 9013 (2018).

290 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, Pub. L. 114-92, § 1250 (2015), amended by the National Defense Act Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-91, § 1234 (2017), and most recently amended by the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Pub. L. No. 115-232, § 1246 (2018).

291 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, Pub. L. No. 114-328, § 1237 (2016); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-91, § 1234 (2018); John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Pub. L. No. 115-232, § 1246 (2018).