Ukraine signs deal to align itself with Europe

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21 March 2014 at 5:29 am

From left, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speak with each other during a round table meeting an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, March 20, 2014. The EU Commission president wants a two-day summit of European Union leaders to center on boosting the fledgling government in Kiev rather than focus exclusively on sanctions against Russia over its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, right, reaches out to shake the hands of a protocol officer as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, March 21, 2014. Ukraine’s prime minister has pulled his nation closer into Europe’s orbit, signing a political association agreement with the EU at a summit of the bloc’s leaders. Friday’s agreement between Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and the EU leaders was part of the pact that former President Viktor Yanukovych backed out of last November in favor of a $15 billion bailout from Russia. That decision sparked the protests that ultimately led to his downfall and flight last month, setting off one of Europe’s worst political crises since the Cold War. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk arrives for an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, March 21, 2014. Ukraine’s prime minister has pulled his nation closer into Europe’s orbit, signing a political association agreement with the EU at a summit of the bloc’s leaders. Friday’s agreement between Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and the EU leaders was part of the pact that former President Viktor Yanukovych backed out of last November in favor of a $15 billion bailout from Russia. That decision sparked the protests that ultimately led to his downfall and flight last month, setting off one of Europe’s worst political crises since the Cold War. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

From left, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speak with each other during a round table meeting an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, March 20, 2014. The EU Commission president wants a two-day summit of European Union leaders to center on boosting the fledgling government in Kiev rather than focus exclusively on sanctions against Russia over its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine's prime minister has pulled his nation closer into Europe's orbit by signing a political association agreement with the EU at a summit of the bloc's leaders.

Friday's agreement between Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and the EU leaders was part of the pact that former President Viktor Yanukovych backed out of last November in favor of a $15 billion bailout from Russia. That decision sparked the protests that ultimately led to his downfall and flight last month, setting off one of Europe's worst political crises since the Cold War.

Russian forces took control of Crimea two weeks ago in the wake of Yanukovych's ouster and President Vladimir Putin this week annexed the strategically important Black Sea peninsula.

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