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JUDY WOODRUFF (NewsHour): In a move angering Moscow, Ukraine’s new leader signed a deal bring his country closer to Europe today.
Jeffrey Brown reports.
PRESIDENT PETRO POROSHENKO, Ukraine: Ukraine paid the highest possible price to make her European dreams come true.
JEFFREY BROWN (NewsHour): Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko came to Brussels to sign the pact that had sparked the crisis in his country.
PETRO POROSHENKO: It is a symbol of faith and of unbreakable will. It is a tribute to people who gave their lives and health to make this moment happen.
JEFFREY BROWN: Last November, Poroshenko’s Kremlin-backed predecessor, Viktor Yanukovych, balked at signing the trade agreement to further integrate Ukraine with Europe and move it away from Russia.
That triggered a popular uprising in Kiev, and Yanukovych fled in February.
PETRO POROSHENKO: Of course, all of us would have wished to sign the agreement under different, more comfortable circumstances. On the other hand, the external aggression faced by Ukraine gives another strong reason for this crucial step.
JEFFREY BROWN: That aggression, Russia’s invasion and annexation of Crimea in March, major troop buildups on the Russian border with Ukraine, and accusations of Moscow’s support of separatists in Eastern Ukraine.
'Alice, just ignore the tanks and troops behind the curtain.'
"Trade deal locks Poroshenko and Russia in standoff" (Part-2) PBS NewsHour 6/27/2014
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SUMMARY: In a move that angered Moscow, Ukraine’s new leader signed a trade deal to bring his country closer to Europe. Jeffrey Brown talks to Matthew Rojansky of the Wilson Center and Nikolas Gvosdev of the U.S. Naval War College about the challenges of implementing the deal, as well as the dilemma now facing Russian interests in seeking to stave off further western sanctions.
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