When asked whether the cession of territory would be conceivable for a peace with Russia, Zelenskiy replied that it was very painful to lose human life in this defensive struggle. “That’s so. But we will lose everything if we lose to Russia in this war.” He is not trying “to reach an agreement anyhow,” he said. “We know exactly what we are doing. I stress: we have no doubts.” He added: “We are ready to hold talks only if the other side is ready to put an end to the war. We don’t have time for talks that are useless.”
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had the weekend while visiting Kyiv announced that it would complete the analysis of Ukraine’s EU membership application by the end of next week. In any case, the recommendation of your authority should be linked to reforms. The EU countries must then unanimously decide how to proceed. This is to happen at an EU summit on June 23rd and 24th.