The Ukrainian government on Thursday ordered work to be halted on preparations to sign a historic trade and political agreement with the European Union at a key summit this month.
Voice of Russia: Ukraine halts work on preparing agreement with EU
People take pictures of the EU flag set on a the city hall of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on November 20. The Ukrainian parliament on November 21, 2013 voted against bills that would free jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, dealing a potentially fatal blow to its chances of signing a historic trade deal with the EU at a summit this month. Watched by special EU envoys Aleksander Kwasniewski and Pax Cox, the Verkhovna Rada rejected all six bills that had been put forward on the treatment of convicts abroad after they failed to gain the support of President Viktor Yanukovych's ruling party. AFP PHOTO/ YURIY DYACHYSHYN
