Ukraine and Moldova granted coveted EU candidate status

Ukraine's future Is Within EU, Tweets Zelensky

Brussels: The EU agreed on Thursday to put Ukraine on a path toward EU membership, acting with uncharacteristic speed and unity to pull the embattled country further away from Russia's influence and bind it more closely to the West. Meeting at a summit in Brussels, leaders of the EU's 27 nations mustered the required unanimous approval to grant Ukraine candidate status. That sets in motion a process that could take years or even decades. The EU also granted candidate status to the tiny country of Moldova, another former Soviet state that borders Ukraine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pronounced it a "good day for Europe".