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President Volodymyr Zelensky said: “We are defending you, Victorious Ukraine will join EU”
In a rousing speech to the European Parliament today, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told EU lawmakers: « We are defending you, » as he rallied leaders to step up support for his war-ravaged country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he believed his country would join the European Union after emerging victorious from its war with Russia.
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He made his remark, Ukraine became a candidate to join the EU last June but the process of joining the 27-nation bloc takes several years.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the European Parliament that his country’s troops fighting Russian forces « are defending you », as he urged more EU military support.
« 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 »
The European Parliament greeted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with a standing ovation as he arrived to address MEPs on his first visit to Brussels since Russia’s invasion.
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« Ukraine is Europe and your nation’s future is in the European Union, » parliament president Roberta Metsola said in a speech. « States must consider, quickly, as a next step, providing long-range systems and the jets you need to protect the liberty too many have taken for granted. »