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Ukrainians cheer nation’s EU candidacy amid wartime woes
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KYIV, 25 June 2022, (TON): The European Union’s decision to make Ukraine a candidate for EU membership offered war-weary Ukrainians a morale boost and hope of a more secure future Friday as the country’s military ordered its fighters to retreat from a key city in the eastern Donbas region.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the decision of EU leaders as vindication for his nation’s fight against Russia’s aggression and said “he was determined to ensure Ukraine retained the ability to decide if belonged in Europe or under Moscow’s influence."
Zelensky told the nation in a televised address “this war began just when Ukraine declared its right to freedom. To its choice of its future. We saw it in the European Union.”
“That is why this decision of the EU is so important, motivates us and shows all this is needed not only by us.”
Others recalled the 2014 revolution that ousted Ukraine’s pro-Moscow president, sparked in part by his decision not to complete an association agreement with the EU.
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