Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko, right, looks on as U.S. Vice President Joe Biden waves during their meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Biden arrived in Ukraine for a three-day working visit. (AP Photo/Mykhailo Markiv, Pool)From Yahoo News/AP:
KIEV, Ukraine – Washington supports Ukraine's bid to join NATO and the former Soviet republic is free to choose its own foreign policy alliances regardless of what other nations want, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told Ukraine's president on Tuesday.
Both assertions were a shot at Russia, which vehemently opposes having its neighbors join the Western military alliance and is uncomfortable with their desire for greater economic and political integration with the West.
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My Comment: The Russians are not "happy campers" upon hearing this news. Expect the criticism to start tomorrow.