DISINFO: Ukraine will never enter EU and NATO
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: Pervyi Kanal (archived)*
  • Date of publication: February 21, 2020
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Reported in: Issue 186
  • Countries / regions discussed: Ukraine
Tags:
Ukraine European Union EU/NATO enlargement NATO

DISINFO: Ukraine will never enter EU and NATO

SUMMARY

The EU will never accept Ukraine as a member state and NATO does not want Ukraine to be part of it.

RESPONSE

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives claiming that the EU, and the West in general, have abandoned Ukraine.

Ukraine is a priority partner for the European Union and also part of the EU's Eastern Partnership initiative. An Association Agreement, including a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) between the EU and Ukraine, was negotiated between 2007 and 2011 and signed on 21 March and 27 June 2014. It replaces earlier frameworks for cooperation. The Association Agreement is the main tool for bringing Ukraine and the EU closer together: it promotes deeper political ties, stronger economic links and respect for common values.

Relations between NATO and Ukraine date back to the early 1990s and have since developed into one of the most substantial of NATO’s partnerships. Since 2014, in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, cooperation has been intensified in critical areas.

See similar cases: "Disinfo: Ukraine won't join NATO, won't gain entry to the EU", "Disinfo: Ukraine's chances of joining the EU are miserable, economy is destroye, industry in ruins, millions have left the country".

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