Our chances to join NATO has become high for the first time. If Ukraine does not abandon its Euro-Atlantic aspirations now, it could become a member of NATO much faster than many imagine. 

Greece, which celebrates its Independence Day on March 25, should understand the importance of Ukraine's struggle for independence.

Ukraine will be a member of the EU, but soon our accession process will be slowed down till basic security issues are resolved...

One may think that ordinary people are ready to give up to save a life. But we aren't. The opinion poll held last week confirmed "NO" to Russian demands. 

The coming weeks and months must be decisive for the fate and future of Ukraine, determining their development for many generations to come.

This is a matter of national life or death. Her final words were: "I respectfully urge the court to issue your order with utmost urgency. We are in your hands."

I write this with a loud airborne alert in Kyiv, but I don't leave to the shelter. Amazing how quickly people are used to the new danger – I hardly react to sirens unless I hear blasts nearby.  

The sanctions should also target ordinary Russian citizens. Those should suffer. Painfully. Even if goes contrary to the "matrix" of the democratic world. 

What to expect if a major Russian invasion does not occur? What is a red line for tough US sanctions against Russia and Putin?

There is a doubt that Russia is a member of the United Nations at all. European Pravda spoke with Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsa, Ukraine's envoy to the UN.

NATO Compatibility Plan does not contradict the Annual National Programmes; it strengthens and supplements them with important components which ANP currently misses