Zelenskiy urged the EU on Tuesday via video link to an emergency session of the European Parliament to 'prove that you are with us' in Ukraine's war with Russia, a day after Kyiv officially asked to join the bloc.
BRUSSELS - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the EU on Tuesday to "prove that you are with us" in Ukraine's war with Russia, a day after Kyiv officially asked to join the bloc.
"Do prove that you are with us. Do prove that you will not let us go. Do prove that you are indeed Europeans, and then life will win over death and light will win over darkness," he said. "The EU will be much stronger with us." Charles Michel, the chairman of EU leaders, told the EU Parliament after Zelenskiy's speech that the bloc would have to seriously look at Ukraine's "legitimate" request to join.The EU has taken unprecedented steps, including financing weapons deliveries to Ukraine, after President Vladimir Putin launched war on Russia's neighbour last week.
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