Leiena said in Kiev that together with the Ukrainian side she will evaluate the efforts required for the reconstruction of the country and Ukraine’s progress towards the EU.
The EC opinion on whether Ukraine should be granted EU candidate status is expected to be published next Friday and will be discussed by EU leaders at a meeting in Brussels at Midsummer.
Ukraine applied to join the European Union in March.
This is the second time that EC President Leiena has visited Ukraine since the war began in February.
CONTEXT:
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to start Russian troops invade Ukraine. Putin claimed that NATO was going to use Ukraine as a bridgehead for aggression against Russia, although there was no evidence of these allegations. Ukraine believes that Putin’s real goal is to destroy Ukraine’s statehood and bring the territory under Moscow’s control.
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has provoked a general one condemnation of the international communityagainst Russia is new sanctions have been introduced. Many Western companies have decided to leave the Russian market.
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