Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has told the country's security council that staying out of the NATO alliance was a "criminal" policy that his government is ready to reverse.
Associated Press: Ukraine leader expresses wish to join NATO
NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg listens to Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko during a joint press conference with Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko at the Yavoriv training ground in Lviv Oblast on Sept. 21.