Ukraine signs historic trade and economic pact with European Union

[Crabtownboy]

I believe Putin brought about exactly what he did not want.

Ukraine signed up to an historic trade and economic pact with the European Union Friday, with President Petro Poroshenko describing it as the "most important day" for his country since it became independent from the Soviet Union.

The move drew an immediate threat of 'grave consequences' from Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister, Reuters reported.

It was the decision of Poroshenko's predecessor, Viktor Yanukovych, to back out of the EU association agreement in November that touched off massive protests in Ukraine, and that eventually led to Yanukovych's flight to Russia and Russia's occupation and annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula.

The European Union signed similar association agreements with two other former Soviet republics, Moldova and Georgia.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/06/27/ukraine-signs-historic-trade-and-economic-pact-with-eu/