Ukraine renounced its status as non-aligned countries and turns to NATO.

The bill, passed by the Parliament of Ukraine, Kiev agrees to "fulfill the criteria for membership in the Atlantic Alliance."

A text adopted almost unanimously, only eight members voting against. Here are the arguments of each other.

According to Hryhoriy Nemirya, the party "Batkivschyna", "abandoning non-aligned status determines who we are, where we go and what we want."

On the contrary, Oleksandr Vilkul, "Block Opposition", "the decision of the ruling coalition will bring nothing but tension between the Ukrainians. The status that is best for us is the status of non-alignment. "

"Abandoning non-aligned status does not guarantee the rapid accession of Ukraine to NATO" says for its part the correpsondante Euronews in Kiev, Maria Korenyuk. "There is still a lot of work before the Ukrainian government to meet the criteria of NATO" she continues. "First, we must raise the army's standards to those of NATO and convinced that the place of Ukraine in the Euro-Atlantic bloc."

To address the conflict in the east of the country, the Ukrainian army has rightly intends to intensify recruitment, and reassembling the age of military service from 18 to 20 years.

In January, fifty thousand young Ukrainians will be expected to serve a year and a half in uniform.