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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that no country, including the Russian Federation, will manage to block Ukraine’s access to NATO.

“I will not tell you any date, but I would like to emphasize that no one, including the Russian Federation, will manage to block Ukraine’s accession to NATO. And it has been pointed out today in the speeches of all the heads of state and government that took part in the discussion. This is a sovereign right of the Ukrainian people and I, as President, will defend this sovereign right,” Poroshenko said at a briefing following the NATO Summit in Brussels on July 12.

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