Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Dec. 23 Ukraine's renunciation of its "non-aligned" status was counterproductive and would only boost tensions around the crisis in eastern Ukraine.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: Russia says Ukraine’s renunciation of ‘non-aligned’ status will boost tensions
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrives for a press conference before a Foreign Affairs ministers meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Dec. 2, 2014.
