By AFP
KYIV: EU leaders will gather in Brussels on Thursday to discuss calls to formally grant war-torn Ukraine “candidate status” to join the bloc, as Russian forces slowly advance in the eastern Donbas region despite fierce resistance from Kyiv’s military.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had been conducting a “telephone marathon” on his country’s behalf in the run-up to the meeting, making his case to 11 European leaders on Wednesday alone.
“We are preparing for the historic decision of the European Council. There are only a few hours remaining before it,” he said in his daily address.
Today is a decisive day for Europe.I call on
