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Ukrainian President Zelenskiy continues his visits to European capitals in search of weapons

2023-02-09 09:11:12Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy heads to Brussels on Thursday, following visits to several European capitals, during which he is asking EU leaders for more weapons in the fight against Russian aggression and a swift start to membership talks. EU.

After visiting London and Paris on Wednesday, Mr Zelenskiy is expected to attend a high-level meeting of EU leaders and address the European Parliament in Brussels.

Although he is unlikely to get immediate promises to meet his demands, the visit gives Mr Zelenskiy a chance to present his case to the EU's 27 leaders for the first time since the aggression began nearly a year ago. year ago on February 24, 2022.

After receiving promises of Western battle tanks in recent weeks, Ukrainian officials are now focused on trying to secure a supply of longer-range missiles and fighter jets.

Western governments have so far rejected requests for the planes, arguing that Ukraine does not need them at the moment and that it would take years to train Ukrainian pilots to use them.

However, Mr Zelenskiy on Wednesday secured a Friday from Britain to train Ukrainian pilots to use Nato-standard fighter jets. London said it had not yet decided whether to send such planes, but Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said "nothing is ruled out".

Russia's embassy in Britain has warned London against sending fighter jets to Ukraine, saying such a move would have consequences for the whole world, the TASS news agency reported.

On the issue of EU membership, Ukrainian officials are pushing for the opening of membership talks within a few months.

"We are absolutely sure that the decision to start membership negotiations can be made this year," said a Ukrainian official.

But while some EU member states are keen to give Ukraine the morale boost that membership talks would bring, others are far more cautious. They have stressed that aspiring countries must meet a number of criteria - such as cracking down on corruption - before negotiations can begin.

"Ukraine cannot be given some kind of special status above and before, let's say, the countries of the Western Balkans that are in the process of membership and are going through all the stages," said an EU diplomat. "The Western Balkans cannot be told that to enter the EU you must be at war."/Voa


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