(BBC News) Integration with the European Union is a priority for Ukraine, the country's new president, Viktor Yanukovych, says.

Mr Yanukovych is seen as closer to Russia than his predecessor Viktor Yushchenko was - yet his first foreign visit as head of state is to Brussels.

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