That was in response to Ukraine's president seeking to join NATO. You have the timing backwards. > In April 2005, Viktor Yushchenko returned to Ukraine's mili

That was in response to Ukraine's president seeking to join NATO. You have the timing backwards. > In April 2005, Viktor Yushchenko returned to Ukraine's military doctrine the mention of Ukraine's strategic goal - "full membership in NATO and the European Union." The new text read as follows: "Based on the fact that NATO and the EU are the guarantors of security and stability in Europe, Ukraine is preparing for full membership in these organizations."