After the summit with the EU in Kyiv, Zelenskyj continues to press for rapid accession to the EU. But Ursula von der Leyen dampens expectations.Image: Ukrainian Presidential Press Off / Uncredited
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Almost a year has passed since the start of the illegal Russian invasion of the Ukraine passed, an end to the fighting is not in sight. The battle for Bakhmut in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk is particularly fierce. The battle for the city is considered particularly bloody and costly. The EU wants to weaken Moscow economically by limiting the price of diesel exports.
Ukraine, meanwhile, is hoping for quick accession to the EU. The EU dampens the zeal of the Ukrainian President Zelenskyj for quick accession to the state union. Kyiv also continues to seek support: The USA promised new military aid worth billions, the federal government has now also issued an export license for Leopard 1 battle tanks.
February 4th
5.11 a.m .: Kyiv wants to negotiate EU accession in 2023 – the EU dampens Zelenskyj’s zeal
After the summit with the EU in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is continuing to press for his country’s speedy accession to the European Union. “We are already speaking as members of the EU,” said Zelenskyy in a video message distributed in Kyiv on Friday evening. The status only has to be anchored in law. The EU Commission, headed by President Ursula von der Leyen, stressed in Kyiv that Ukraine still had a long way to go before EU membership.
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On the other hand, Zelenskyj said that the EU representatives held out the prospect of accession negotiations at the summit in Kyiv on Friday. There were no such concrete statements from the EU side. Von der Leyen had praised Selenskyj’s determination and willingness to reform in Kyiv, but also emphasized that there was still a lot to do. So there is no timetable.
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(ast / with material from dpa/AFP)
The war in Ukraine has now been going on for almost eleven months. While there were hardly any successes in the coming weeks – neither on the Ukrainian nor on the Russian side – Russia reported a success on Friday. After days of bloody fighting with house-to-house fighting, Russia has now officially declared the city of Soledar in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine as its own. Western experts had also reported that Russia may have taken the place.
