Russia has launched a war to turn Ukraine into a vassal state, but it will surely fail, Charles Michel assured.
At the next Ukraine-EU summit, all areas of support for Ukrainians, both in their resistance to Russia and the country’s path to the European Union, will be discussed. The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, said this at a plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada, Interfax-Ukraine reports on Thursday, January 19.
He recalled that in June of last year, the European Commission granted Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership.
“So the issue of EU membership has been resolved. Ukraine is the EU, and the EU is Ukraine. And we must make every effort to make this promise a reality as soon as possible,” said President of the European Council.
Michel emphasized that the EU has helped and is ready to continue providing assistance to Ukraine. To date, European countries have mobilized a total of 11 billion euros for military support and training of 15,000 Ukrainian military personnel.
“The coming weeks and months will be decisive. You need more. More air defense systems, more long-range missiles and ammunition and, above all, we need tanks. Now. And support we are also around the world, outside of Ukraine. We are doing everything to isolate Russia “The EU has adopted nine sets of tough sanctions and this is not the end. We are also working hard to get the widest possible international support for your country. In Africa, Asia, China and Latin America, in every meeting with foreign leaders, the support of your country is the first question.” , which we raise,” said Michel.
He noted that the damage caused by Russia in Ukraine must be compensated, and those responsible for the aggression against Ukraine must be held accountable.
“We have frozen more than 300 billion euros of Russian assets. I am firmly convinced that they must and will be used to restore Ukraine. Finally, all those responsible, without exception, must and will be held accountable, ” the President of the European Council believes.
“By launching missiles in Ukraine, Russia is launching missiles at everything the European Union believes in… Today I come to Ukraine to tell you: “We are all Ukrainians.” From the first day of the Russian attack, Europeans understood that this was more than an attack on Ukraine It was an attack on all of us – our common European values, our European security, our common European dream ,” said Michel.
According to the President of the European Council, the war unleashed by Russia is a strategy of systematic destruction to force Ukraine to submit and become a vassal state.
“It is doomed to failure. And it will not succeed. Ukraine is indestructible, Ukrainians are united, strong, brave and have the right to be proud … From the first day, Russia was wrong. The fall of Ukraine is has not been and will not be. The EU is more united than ever. And our transatlantic ties are closer than ever,” stressed Michel.
Earlier on Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelensky assessed the prospects for Ukraine’s EU membership talks. He believes that the country in 2023 should enter into negotiations on the issue of joining the European Union.
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