During a Poltava symposium in Moscow this past June many Russian historians said their country liberated Ukraine from the Swedes.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Similarly, Odessa, the chief city of Ukraine, apart from Kiev, was a Greek city and likewise on the northern shore of Turkey there are Greek cities to be found.

同样地,敖德萨,在现在的乌克兰,但不包括基普,也曾是座古希腊城市,同样在土耳其北岸,也能发现古希腊的城市

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In December,Hungary,Slovakia and the Czech Republic faced a potential halt in oil deliveries from Russia which had a pricing dispute with neighboring Ukraine.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

"There was clearly opposition from France and Germany to fast-track membership for Ukraine and Georgia,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

There is also international concern that a long post-election battle may worsen Ukraine's economic outlook and delay the release of more than $16 billion in emergency assistance from the International Monetary Fund.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

And on the other side, Georgia is not a unified country, large parts of it now are occupied by the Russians who claim that these parts are independent states so I would say that this is not on the agenda,' Experts say the debate has now shifted from a fast track approach for Georgia's and Ukraine's NATO membership the "Membership Action Plan" concept to "eventually" becoming a member of the Western alliance.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04