A Ukrainian member of parliament told CNBC that allowing Ukraine to join the European Union would send a clear message to Russia.
The first deputy chair of the European Integration Committee in Ukraine and a lawmaker for Zelenskyy's Servant of the People was asked if Putin would change his behavior. That should send a very clear sign to Putin that his plan to turn Ukraine into a Soviet Union state is a flop.
Ukraine is not going back in that direction. The people of Ukraine have made up their minds. He said that it was time for the European Union to send a clear message to Putin that his strategy did not work.
Zelenskyy urged European lawmakers to make his nation their newest member. He sent an official request to the EU to speed up the process of Ukraine's accession.
Zelenskyy said that without you, Ukraine is going to be lonely.
The United Kingdom left the EU in 2020. The euro zone debt crisis and the 2008 financial crash have put a pause on the bloc adding new members.
It takes a long time to become a member of the EU because of negotiations to make sure a member is in line with the bloc's policies.
European institutions have raised concerns about corruption in Ukraine in the past, and reforms are needed before it can join the EU.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen showed her support for Ukraine joining the EU on Tuesday, but warned that there is still a long path ahead.
She said that nobody in this hemicycle can doubt that the people who stand up so bravely for our European values belong in our European family.
It will be up to us, as the EU, to act in accordance with the times, but there are different views.
The EU sent military equipment to a conflict zone for the first time in its history in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The bloc is not a military alliance and its defense capabilities are limited.
Although the European Union is not a military organization, we already receive a lot of aid from our European neighbors.
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