Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from an interview conducted by Ekho Moskvy with the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt.
A: Thank you for the question. Let me start by saying we have a strong relationship with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people and we have a strategic partnership which made significant progress, at times, under President Yanukovych.
Q: Geoffrey Pyatt, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. My first question, Mr. Ambassador is the following: Why does the U.S. not acknowledge the legitimacy of President Yanukovych? When did he lose his legitimacy and why?
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