President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that this week Russia will demonstratively attack Ukraine.
Source: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy
According to Zelenskyy, this week Ukraine will receive a response from the European Union on the status of the candidate.
In an address on June 19, President Volodymyr Zelensky said next week will be “truly historic” since the European Council is set to decide on Ukraine’s EU membership application on June 23.
“It’s obvious that we should expect Russia to step up its hostile activity demonstratively this very week,” he said.
He pledged to push forward with what he called Ukraine’s “historic” ambitions to join the EU, which were endorsed by the bloc’s executive, the European Commission, last week.
But now the decision rests with the European Council, which consists of the leaders of the Member States, which will meet at a summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday. The European Commission recommended giving candidate status to Ukraine on June 17.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned other EU members that they too could expect retaliation from Moscow in the coming days.
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