Verkhovna Rada and European Parliament ratify Association Agreement between Ukraine and EU

This was done simultaneously.

This decision was supported by 355 out of 381 Ukrainian MPs. President Poroshenko, speaking at the session hall before the vote, said that since the Second World War, no nation has paid such a high price as Ukraine, defending European values. The head of our country remembered all those persons who gave their lives for their country's European future, and outlined the main challenges currently facing our state.