Putin: Russia not against Ukraine's EU membership

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that his country has never objected to Ukraine's membership in the European Union. "As for Ukraine's membership in the EU, we have never objected to it. As for NATO, that is a different matter. Here we are talking about ensuring the security of the Russian Federation, and not just today," Putin said during a meeting with Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, and added that Ukraine's membership in NATO is "unacceptable." The Russian president told Fico that he does not want to put him in a "difficult dual position" by criticizing the EU and...