Yanukovych opted to keep Ukraine a non-aligned state.Yanukovych opens door to Russian navy keeping base in Ukraine GlobalSecurity.org Retrieved on March 9, 2010 This materialized on June 3, 2010 when the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) excluded, with 226 votes, the goal of "integration into Euro-Atlantic security and NATO membership" from the country's national security strategy giving the country a non-aligned status.Ukraine has no alternative to Euro-Atlantic integration – Ukraine has no alternative to Euro-Atlantic integration – Poroshenko, Interfax-Ukraine (23 December 2014)Ukraine abolishes its non-aligned status – law, Interfax-Ukraine (23 December 2014)Ukraine's complicated path to NATO membership, Euronews (23 December 2014)Ukraine Takes Step Toward Joining NATO, The New York Times (23 December 2014)Ukraine Ends ‘Nonaligned’ Status, Earning Quick Rebuke From Russia, The Wall Street journal (23 December 2014)Ukraine drops NATO membership bid, EUobserver (June 6, 2010) "European integration" has remained part of Ukraine's national security strategy and co-operation with NATO was not excluded.
Yanukovych opted to keep Ukraine a non-aligned state.Yanukovych opens door to Russian navy keeping base in Ukraine GlobalSecurity.org Retrieved on March 9, 2010 This materialized on June 3, 2010 when the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) excluded, with 226 votes the goal of "integration into Euro-Atlantic security and NATO membership" from the country's national security strategy giving the country a non-aligned status.Ukraine has no alternative to Euro-Atlantic integration – Ukraine has no alternative to Euro-Atlantic integration – Poroshenko, Inter,fax-Ukraine (23 December 2014)Ukraine abolishes its non-aligned status – law, Interfax-Ukraine (23 December 2014)Ukraine's complicated path to NATO membership, Euronews (23 December 2014)Ukraine Takes Step Toward Joining NATO, The New York Times (23 December 2014)Ukraine Ends ‘Nonaligned’ Status, Earning Quick Rebuke From Russia, The Wall Street journal (23 December 2014)Ukraine drops NATO membership bid, EUobserver (June 6, 2010) "European integration" has remained part of Ukraine's national security strategy and co-operation with NATO was not excluded.