Zelensky asks the EU for a clear answer on Ukraine’s accession

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, asked this Saturday (12) that the European Union (EU) say clearly whether or not his country will be able to enter the bloc of Twenty-Seven. “We believe we deserve to be in the European Union and we don’t need to be promised anything. We need specific support,” Zelensky told an international press conference, according to Ukrainian news agency Unian.

A day earlier, EU leaders ruled out, at the end of a two-day bloc summit, Ukraine’s rapid accession. “We are at war today, and the answers to all the questions we ask the world we want to hear today,” Zelensky countered.

Confident “100% that we will have a victory” in the war, although he does not know when, the president affirmed the existence of positive signs from the Russian side in the ongoing negotiations. “Now the Russian side, in the negotiations, has started talking about things and not just giving ultimatums. I think this is a fundamentally different approach. And it should be that way,” he said.

For the Ukrainian president, any solution must start with a ceasefire. “This will allow to unblock humanitarian processes, evacuate people, as well as deliver food and water,” he said.