EU leaders are meeting in Brussels to discuss making #Ukraine️ a candidate to join the bloc, a "decisive" moment likely to infuriate Russia as its forces battled stiff resistance to advance in the embattled eastern Donbas region. u.afp.com/wD4q
Ukraine says it is "waiting for the green light" to receive EU candidacy status as European leaders met in Brussels to discuss Kyiv's future, four months into the Russian invasion
📸 EU chief Ursula von der Leyen visited Ukraine on June 11
#UPDATE Ukraine has demanded that its candidacy status should be pushed forward since Moscow invaded in late February, with fighting raging especially in the east of the country
VIDEO: EU Council President Charles Michel says he is confident #Ukraine️ will be granted European Union candidate status at today's summit in Brussels
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