EU leaders back candidate status for Ukraine
Newshour - A podcast by BBC World Service
The European Commission has officially recommended that Ukraine be designated a candidate for membership of the European Union. Newshour gets reaction from Ukrainian opposition MP Lesia Vasylenko. Also on the programme: the Russian Foreign Minister tells the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg that Russia did not invade Ukraine; and violent protests erupt across India over the government's plans to reform recruitment to the military.