In 2014, Russia illegally annexed Crimea, six years after the NATO summit in Bucharest – where members signaled that Ukraine and Georgia should be made NATO allies in the future – and immediately following then Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych’s ouster, stemming from public upheaval over Yanukovych’s refusal to sign an association agreement that would draw Ukraine closer to the European Union. Today, Ukraine still seeks NATO membership. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, tells The Cipher Brief that progress is being made and that the U.S. is helping prep Ukraine for full NATO membership.
The Cipher Brief: What is Ukraine’s historical and current relationship with NATO?
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