Parliamentary deputies applaud after a renouncing of Ukraine’s “non-aligned” status during a session of a parliament in Kiev, December 23, 2014. (Reuters/Alex Kuzmin)
Moscow, Reuters—Russia said on Wednesday NATO was turning Ukraine into a “frontline of confrontation” and threatened to sever remaining ties with the Atlantic military alliance if Ukraine’s hopes of joining it were realized.
The Kiev parliament’s renunciation of Ukraine’s neutral status on Tuesday in pursuit of NATO membership has outraged Moscow and deepened the worst confrontation between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War.
“NATO countries pushed Kiev to this counterproductive decision, trying to turn Ukraine …read more
Source: ASHARQ AL-AWSAT
