Six months ago, President Viktor Yanukovych scuppered Ukraine's association agreement with the European Union. His successor is about to sign it, for Kyiv is accelerating its departure from Moscow.
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Deutsche Welle: Ukraine takes one step closer to EU
The silhouette of a statue of Ukrainian poet and artist Taras Shevchenko is seen behing an EU flag as thousands demonstrate in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on November 27, 2013, came to the pro-European rally.
