BRUSSELS — Dealing a defiant blow to the Kremlin, President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine signed a long-delayed trade pact with Europe on Friday that Moscow had bitterly opposed. He then declared he would like his country to one day become a full member of the European Union.
Ukraine-European Union Relations
New York Times: Defying Russia, Ukraine signs EU trade pact
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko gives a press conference on the sidelines of of the EU Council on June 27, 2014, in Brussels.
