KIEV, Ukraine, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Ukraine will seek NATO membership, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said Friday.
His announcement came after accusations by Ukraine, NATO and the United Nations that Russia is a participant in the separatist rebellion in eastern Ukraine. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen referred Friday to a "serious escalation of Russian aggression" in claiming Russia is attempting to "destabilize Ukraine as a sovereign nation."