Kyiv: Ursula von der Leyen opens march of Ukraine to “the European future”

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reminded the President of the European Commission the need for a total energy embargo coming from Russia.

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It’s an envelope in the colors of Ukrainian and European flags. Friday, April 8, at the end of his visit to kyiv, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, presented to the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, a questionnaire that will serve as a starting point for a decision on the accession of the Ukraine to the European Union. “It will not be, as usual, a question of years to make an opinion, but I think a question of weeks,” she said at a press conference on the spot.

In response, Mr. Zelensky assured the lifts of the assistance that the file will be returned in a week. In the evening, during his daily address to the Ukrainians, the President stated that “we are finally about to reach our long-standing goal. Ukraine will be one of the equal in the European common house. Ukraine will become a member of the European Union “.

Visit to Bantcha

The Ursula von der Leyen day in the country at war had started with a visit to Boutcha, a city of 37,000 in the kyiv region, occupied by the Russian forces from February 27 to March 31. The images of corpses of civilians discovered in the streets, for some hands attached in the back, caused a movement of international indignation and pushed Westerners to accentuate the pressure on Moscow. The visit took place in the presence of Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, and Denys Chmyhal, Ukrainian Prime Minister.

In the face of the bodies exhumed of a common pit, the president of the commission, carrying a bulletproof vest, said: “The unthinkable has occurred here. We have seen the cruel face of the army of (Vladimir) Putin. “Josep Borrell stated that the European Union would allocate a budget of 7.5 million euros to support the collection of data on missing persons. “Russian war crimes in Bantha and elsewhere must be investigated and prosecuted. Our civil mission in Ukraine will help the Attorney General of Ukraine to provide training and equipment to support investigations and collection of evidence, “he wrote on Twitter.

WE BEAR WITNESS TO HARROWING IMAGES IN #BULD TODAY WITH PRIME MINISTER @DENYS_SHMYHAL
Destruction,
Atrocities Comm … https://t.co/wg8ttjnllo

– josepborrellf (@Josep Borrell Fontelle)

In the morning, while the delegation went to the city of bruising, another drama touched the east of Ukraine. At least fifty people, including five children, were killed during a bombardment attributed to the Russian forces on Kramatorsk Station. Ursula von der Leyen said “deeply shocked” by the “cynical behavior” of those who wrote “for our children” to the white painting on one of the missiles found not far from the places.

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