EurActiv: Ukraine: Moving towards association with the EU
Ukraine should establish a fruitful cooperation with the EU in order to disengage itself from the pressure imposed by the Kremlin and become an equal partner in their bilateral relations. On Dec. 8, 1991, in the Belavezha Accords, leaders of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus signed historical agreements which marked the termination of existence of the USSR. At that moment it seemed that the last political bonds connecting Ukraine with Russia were broken. Read more here.