KIEV, April 22 – EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule said he sees no threat to the European integration of Ukraine due to the extension of the lease of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea until 2042.

"I don't see any challenges that might hamper the general process of European integration ... I don't see any direct threat in the extension of the Russian Black Sea Fleet's presence to [Ukraine's] conducting the reforms required for European integration," he said while speaking before students of the Kiev Institute of International Relations in Kiev on Thursday.