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Post by Admin on Jun 17, 2022 13:09:54 GMT
Ukraine has taken a step closer towards joining the EU after the European Commission recommended it to be granted candidate status to join the bloc on Friday.
The boost to Ukraine’s hopes of membership is laden with meaning in a country that turned defiantly westwards during the 2013 Euromaidan protests that toppled its pro-Russian president.
It will be a blow for Vladimir Putin, whose illegal invasion was an attempt to force Ukraine back into Moscow’s sphere of influence.
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Post by Admin on Jun 17, 2022 20:44:52 GMT
European leaders back ‘immediate’ candidate status for Ukraine to join EU - BBC News 46,181 views Jun 17, 2022 The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania have backed Ukraine's bid to join the EU, saying it should be given "immediate" candidate status.
"Ukraine belongs to the European family," German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at a joint briefing in Kyiv, but he added that Ukraine still had to meet the accession criteria in full.
Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron stressed the 27-member EU would stand by Ukraine until its victory against Russia.
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Post by Admin on Jun 18, 2022 17:10:01 GMT
Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine will “definitely win” in the war against Russia, as he visited troops on the frontline of the southern Mykolaiv region.
The Ukrainian President handed out medals and posed for selfies with soldiers in what appeared to be an underground bunker.
He posted a video of the meeting on his Telegram account on Saturday, but did not confirm when the visit took place.
“Our brave men. Each one of them is working flat out. We will definitely hold out! We will definitely win,” he said.
The president’s office said he also visited the city’s destroyed regional administration building, where 37 people were killed by a missile in late March, as well as a hospital.
It comes a day after Boris Johnson made a surprise visit to Kyiv to meet with Mr Zelensky, where the two leaders discussed a potential British training programme for Ukrainian forces.
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Post by Admin on Jul 9, 2022 18:38:38 GMT
Ukrainians start military training in the UK 1,607 views Jul 10, 2022 The first cohort of Ukrainians with little to no military experience have begun training in the UK.
Over the coming month up to 10,000 Ukrainians will come to the UK to be trained by service personnel to help in their fight against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Post by Admin on Jul 22, 2022 16:18:50 GMT
Russia-Ukraine grain deal 'agreed' | Ukraine: The Latest | Podcast 729 views Jul 23, 2022 Today, we discuss the very latest updates from the front lines of the war in Ukraine and Europe and speak to Foreign Correspondent Colin Freeman about his interviews with the head of the Georgian legion and the Ukrainian singer Svyatoslav Vakarchuk.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). Follow David on Twitter @writerknowles. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). Follow Francis on Twitter @francisdearnley. Colin Freeman (Foreign Corespondent)
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