KIEV, Ukraine, March 11 (UPI) -- Vitali Klitchsko, a boxer-turned-Ukrainian political leader, says he supports the country's bid to join NATO and hopes to avoid armed conflict with Russia.
Klitchsko, in an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel, said he does not want a military solution to the current crisis. He said an approach to NATO is helpful even if Russia sees it as provocative.