The same report suggests that accession talks with Moldova should also begin. Ukraine has held ambitions to join the EU for more than a decade. The aim of joining the bloc – along with NATO - has formally been part of Ukraine’s constitution since 2019. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky applied for EU membership in February 2022, shortly before Russia invaded his country. With Ukraine currently at war, it is unclear and unlikely that those conditions will be met any time soon.

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Persons: Ursula von der Leyen, ” Von der Leyen, Viktor Yanukovych’s, Volodymyr Zelensky Organizations: CNN, EU, European Union, NATO, Ukraine Locations: Ukraine, Moldova, Russia, Crimea