President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that “a Ukraine that is winning” should become a European Union member, arguing the bloc wouldn’t be whole without his country being an integral part of the EU.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, centre, gestures as European Parliament's President Roberta Metsola, right, applauds during an EU summit at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 9, 2023.
“A Ukraine that is winning is going to be member of the European Union,” Zelenskyy said to applause, building his address around the common destiny that Ukraine and the 27-nation bloc face in confronting Russia head-on. Metsola also told him that “we have your back. We were with you then, we are with you now, we will be with you for as long as it takes.”EU leaders were hoping to impress on Zelenskyy that the powerful bloc is steadfast in its support for Ukraine as Russia is feared to be making moves for a new offensive.
The Kremlin’s forces “have regained the initiative in Ukraine and have begun their next major offensive” in the eastern Luhansk region, most of which is occupied by Russia, the Institute for the Study of War, said in its latest assessment.
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