Ukraine officially began the screening procedure to start talks over its future subscription of the European Union on Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated.
In a post on X, the Ukrainian leader stated he invited the start of “substantial preparations for Ukraine’s EU accession talks” in Brussels, following a contract reached with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recently at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
“The thorough work of assessing the conformity of Ukrainian legislation with EU norms, the formation of Ukraine’s delegation, and our negotiating position are all ahead of us,” Zelenskyy included.
“I expect full engagement of Ukrainian government team and the first intergovernmental conference to be held already this spring.”
Across the Atlantic, bipartisan U.S. Senate settlements over a border security offer that incorporates help for Ukraine have actually struck a vital point, Republican Senator John Thune informed press reporters on Thursday, according toReuters The White House stated recently that the U.S. cash supply to Ukraine has actually now gone out, which might leave Kyiv ill-equipped to drive away the Russian intrusion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (R) meets President of EU Comission Ursula von der Leyen (R) throughout a bilateral conference as part of the yearly conference of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switerland on January 16, 2024.
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A little bipartisan group of senators is looking for a method to please Republicans lined up with Donald Trump, the front-runner for the celebration’s governmental candidateship, who has freely forced allies not to jeopardize on legislation that would assist President Joe Biden in the run-up to November’s election.
Meanwhile, Moscow and Kyiv continue to trade accusations over the shooting down on Wednesday of a Russian military transportation aircraft that was bring 65 Ukrainian detainees of war and 9 Russians.
Russia blamed Ukraine for the aircraft crash, stating it had actually utilized Western rockets to shoot the military transportation Ilyushin-76 aircraft down over the border area of Belgorod, eliminating all on board, while the airplane was en path to a detainee exchange.
A senior Russian legislator likewise declared Ukrainian military intelligence had actually been provided a 15- minute caution before the aircraft went into the location.
Ukraine has actually rejected that it was provided a caution, however has actually neither verified nor rejected that its forces shot down the aircraft. Zelenskyy stated Kyiv will totally examine the situations around the crash, including that “facts” were an essential top priority. He implicated Russia of “playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners, with the feelings of their relatives and with the emotions of our society.”
