BRUSSELS – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will ask European Union leaders on Dec. 12 to rule out financial or security guarantees for Ukraine and not to offer Ukrainians the right to live and work in the bloc, according to a document seen by Reuters.
Failure to meet the Dutch demands would jeopardise a landmark EU-Ukraine agreement that establishes closer political ties and envisages a gradual freeing-up of trade to bind Ukraine closer to western Europe and draw it away from Moscow’s orbit.
