We begin in ukraine where the kiev government has just ratified the association of agreement that promises to bring closer ties to the european union. But the historic occasion has been somewhat overshadowed by the decision to succumb to pressure from moscow and delay applying a free trade deal between ukraine and eu until 2016. Lets take a listen to what the ukrainian president had to say. The first 100 ukrainians who died in february, 872 who died in the east, died not only for ukraine, but for a place in europe. Since the second world war, no other nation has faced such a high price for the right to be european. Tell me please who will bear close the door of europe to ukraine . For more on the story, i am joined here in the studio by a ukrainian expert. How significant is this pact . It is very significant for the ukrainian european union. You can see, the deal was ratified simultaneously, and Ukrainian Parliament and the European Parliament in strasbourg. This marks the completion