Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has insisted that Ukraine will become a member of the European Union, while calling for additional arms and sanctions against Russia
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine will become a member of the European Union, while calling for additional arms and sanctions against Russia.
Zelenskyy calling for more sanctions against Russia, particularly calling for help to stop Russia from producing new missiles and drones, alongside preventing them from getting key materials for IT systemsZelenskyy is due to hold a series of bilateral meetings with EU leaders this afternoon – including Taoiseach Leo Varadkar – where he will reiterate calls for planes and fighter jets.
“We will continue to provide our full support now to sustain your people through this atrocious war and for the future,” von der Leyen said. “I’m looking forward to having an opportunity to speak with President Zelenskyy and assure him of Ireland’s ongoing solidarity and support for as long as it takes,” Varadkar said.
“We are defending against the most anti-European force of the modern world — we are defending ourselves, we Ukrainians on the battlefield, along with you,” Zelensky told MEPs, who gave him a standing ovation.
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