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Eugene

(61,903 posts)
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 06:55 AM Dec 2014

Ukrainian parliament votes to renounce Ukraine's 'non-aligned' status

Source: Reuters

Ukrainian parliament votes to renounce Ukraine's 'non-aligned' status

KIEV Tue Dec 23, 2014 5:27am EST

(Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament voted on Tuesday for the country to renounce its "non-aligned" status and work towards membership in the NATO alliance.

The amendment received 303 votes, 77 more than the minimum required to pass into law.

(Reporting by Pavel Poltyuk and Natalia Zinets; Writing by Alessandra Prentice; Editing by Alison Williams)


http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/23/us-ukraine-crisis-nato-idUSKBN0K10OS20141223
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Duckhunter935

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Tue Dec 23, 2014, 10:43 AM
Dec 2014

After being invaded by Russia, I think they might want to align with the people that did not invade and attack them.

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