President Viktor Yanukovich has chosen the worst option. He has announced he will not sign an E.U. agreement at a summit meeting that begins Thursday in Vilnius, Lithuania, but without giving any clear sign of what he will do next. And Ukraine has begun paying the price.
Ukraine-European Union Relations
New York Times: Ukraine on the brink
Ukrainians attend a rally of the pro-European movement in central Kyiv, on Nov. 27, 2013.
BIRMINGHAM, England — Ukraine faces a stark choice. It can embrace modernity by signing an association agreement with the European Union. It can, instead, drift into obsolescence by signing on to Russia’s customs union.
