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Jun 23 4 tweets 3 min read
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.
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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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