Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko shows a newly voted Ukrainian law about the ratification of the Ukraine-EU pact on Sept. 16, 2014 in Verkhovna Rada.
Photo by Photo by Mykola Lazarenko/presidential press service
The parliaments of the EU and Ukraineon Sept. 16 ratified landmark association and free trade agreements following the decision by lawmakers in Kyiv to grant "special status" for eastern regions of the country torn apart by months of fighting.
