Zelensky Calls For Ukraine’s Immediate EU Admission

Newsweek reports:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the European Union on Monday to allow Ukraine to join the bloc “immediately.” He insisted in a televised speech that Ukraine had earned the right to join the EU and this could be achieved through a “new special procedure.”

“I say this as honestly as possible, the people of Ukraine have already earned and have the right to gain membership of the European Union,” he said, according to a Euronews translation.

“This will be the key evidence of our country’s support. The crucial moment has come to close once and for all the long-term strategic discussions and Ukraine’s membership of the European Union.”

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine called for the EU to grant his country immediate membership. “Our goal is to be together with all Europeans and, most importantly, to be on an equal footing,” he said.

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