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MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned Ukraine against joining NATO and said Moscow could aim its nuclear warheads at the former Soviet republic if it ever deployed missile defense systems on its territory.
Under President Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine has become a staunch ally of the West and has made eventual membership in NATO a key foreign policy aim. However, so far, Washington has not suggested it could expand its proposed missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic to include Ukraine.
