Ukrainian president addresses European parliament and is due to meet all 27 European Union leaders
Volodymyr Zelenskiy will call on European leaders to speed up the delivery of weapons to help his country repel Russia’s invasion, and to not put unnecessary obstacles in Ukraine’s path to EU membership, when he attends a special summit in Brussels.
Zelenskiy was warm in his praise for the European parliament, which he recalled had endorsed his country’s bid to be an EU candidate country only six days after the Russian invasion. “That was the vision that motivated us to be strong and to stay the course,” he said. “Ukraine is going to be a member of theOn the latest leg of his European tour, Zelenskiy is expected to focus on Ukraine’s need for military equipment and it campaign for speedy accession to the EU.
The day before the summit, the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, criticised “the public competition” among some countries over who could send more weapons to Ukraine. “What harms our unity is a public competition to outdo each other along the lines of battle tanks, submarines, aircraft,” he said. Zelenskiy has addressed six EU summits via video link, but this is his first trip to Brussels since Russia’s invasion nearly a year ago. After addressing the 27 leaders, he will hold numerous bilateral meetings.
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