EU leaders to discuss further sanctions on Russia and Ukraine’s prospects of joining the European bloc
Air raid alerts sounded across Ukraine on Friday as President Volodymyr Zelensky hosted European Union leaders to discuss further sanctions on Russia and Ukraine’s prospects of joining the European bloc.
Kyiv applied to join the bloc days after Russia invaded last year. The EU has embraced the application, although it has rebuffed Ukraine’s calls for a fast track to membership while the country is at war. “Some may want to speculate about the endgame but the simple truth is that we are not there yet,” an EU official said.EU officials said subjects discussed on Thursday included more arms, money and energy support for Ukraine, better access for its products in the EU market, tightened sanctions on Moscow, and efforts to prosecute Russian war crimes.
The German government has approved the delivery of Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine from stocks and is in talks on buying back 15 Gepard tanks from Qatar to send there, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported on Friday, citing government sources. Authorities were investigating senior military officials in two cases of suspected corruption, officials said on Thursday. Separately, a criminal group suspected of embezzling state funds by selling overpriced eggs and other foodstuffs to defence officials had been arrested, the State Bureau of Investigation said.
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