European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen handed the questionnaire to Zelensky during her visit to Kyiv on April 8th, pledging to speed up Ukraine’s bid to join the EU after Russia invades the country. “Today, I can say that the document has been completed by the Ukrainian side,” Zovkva told Ukraine’s public broadcaster on Sunday night.

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The European Commission will need to issue a recommendation on Ukraine ‘s compliance with the necessary accession criteria, he added. Trending Stories

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The story goes on under the ad “We expect the recommendation to be positive and then the ball will be in the side of the EU member states.” Zhovkva added that Ukraine expects to become a candidate country for EU membership in June during a scheduled European Council meeting. The European Council will meet on 23-24 June, according to the Council program on its website. “Then we will have to start accession talks. “Once we have these talks, we can already talk about Ukraine’s full accession to the EU,” Zovkva said. (Report on Melbourne by Lidia Kelly; Edited by Stephen Coates)