KYIV, Jan 2 - Almost 60% of Ukrainian citizens are ready at a referendum to vote for Ukraine's accession to the EU and a little over 45% support the country's accession to NATO.

According to a poll conducted by the SOCIS center on December 8-18, if a referendum on Ukraine's accession to the European Union is held in the near future, 58.3% of citizens would vote for EU membership, 21.6% of respondents would not support such entry, 8.1% would not take part in the referendum, and 12% of those polled could not answer the question.