Ukrainan presidentti Volodymyr Zelenskyi pyytää, että Euroopan unioni hyväksyisi Ukrainan välittömästi uudeksi jäseneksi erityismenettelyllä.
– Olen vakuuttunut siitä, että Ukraina on ansainnut oikeuden ja että tämä on mahdollista, Zelenskyi sanoi.
Zelenskyi kertoo keskustelleensa puhelimessa Euroopan komission puheenjohtajan Ursula von der Leyenin kanssa.
– Keskustelimme konkreettisista päätöksistä Ukrainan puolustuskyvyn vahvistamiseksi, taloudellisesta avusta ja EU-jäsenyydestä, Zelenskyi kertoi Twitterissä.
Also had a phone conversation with @vonderleyen. Talked about concrete decisions on strengthening Ukraine's defense capabilities, macro-financial assistance and Ukraine's membership in the #EU.
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) February 27, 2022
Just spoke to President @ZelenskyyUa who leads the determined resistance to the Russian invasion.
I explained to him the strong and immediate measures we are taking to support Ukraine’s defense, its economy & the refugees, as well as the new sanctions against Russia and Belarus. pic.twitter.com/5OEY0Ay7H7
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 27, 2022
"We appeal to the European Union to immediately admit Ukraine as a member under a new special procedure," Zelensky says. "I'm convinced Ukraine has earned the right & that this is possible."
Putin would hate that almost as much as if it joined NATO pic.twitter.com/dEzB7bc5So— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) February 28, 2022