WASHINGTON- By all indications, perhaps one of the most critical decisions the European Union will ever make is coming down to the wire: Either the European Union will take a firm step to integrate Ukraine -- a former republic of the Soviet Union and the home of almost 50 million people -- onto a Westward, pro-European course or it will say "No," leaving Ukraine little option but to align with Russia.
The issue is whether the European Union will invite Ukraine to sign an Association Agreement and related Free Trade Agreement at the EU summit this November in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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