“Stuck between Russia and the European Union, and chafing at the need to choose between them , the Ukrainian government faltered Thursday as threats from its big Slavic neighbor mounted. The cabinet suspended Ukraine’s preparations to sign an ‘association agreement’ with the E.U. next Friday — after spending all year declaring its intention to do so and ushering through the parliament a packet of laws aimed at helping it meet the 28-member bloc’s expectations.”

Source: Ukraine, under pressure from Russia, puts brakes on E.U. deal – The Washington Post