Plaidoyer pour l’adhésion de l’Ukraine à l’UE « dès que possible »
The heads of government of eight Nordic and Baltic countries expressed on Tuesday June 9 their wish to see Ukraine within the EU « dès que possible »in a joint declaration adopted at a regional summit in Tallinn.
Greeting the « progrès réalisés » through kyiv on this path, the leaders, gathered in the presence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, pleaded for the opening “sans retard” of all negotiation files.
EU proposes banning entry of Russian ex-combatants
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed banning Russian ex-combatants in Ukraine from entering the EU, as part of a new “package” sanctions against Russia.
“We are proposing for the first time to ban entry into the European Union to anyone who has served in the Russian armed forces since the start of the war.” in Ukraine, she declared to the press in Brussels.
Five dead in Russian strikes
At least five people were killed and around 40 others injured in Russian strikes on the Kharkiv and Zaporizhia regions in northeast and south Ukraine, authorities said.
In Chugouiv, in the Kharkiv region, a Russian strike killed a 22-year-old woman as well as two men aged 56 and 70, according to a new report on Telegram from regional governor Oleg Synegoubov. In Kharkiv itself, the strikes left 15 injured, added this source. In Zaporizhia, a large city in southern Ukraine, two people were killed and 32 others injured in a Russian strike, the Ukrainian Emergency Situations service said on Telegram.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia fired a total of 166 long-range drones and two missiles overnight, of which 146 drones were intercepted. kyiv responds by regularly striking targets in the occupied zone, but also in Russian territory.
Zelensky spoke to US envoys to restart talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a telephone conversation on Monday with American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, in an attempt to restart negotiations to find a solution to the war in Ukraine. “I am grateful for their willingness to work as actively as possible in the coming weeks to restore momentum to diplomacy aimed at ending Russia’s war against Ukraine.”he indicated on his social networks, after this call.
“We understand that the world’s attention is focused on the situation around Iran. But our common goal of peace in Europe remains on the agenda.”he continued, adding that he had this conversation “You are very positive” while he was making a stopover in Moldova.
“We discussed the prospects within the framework of the G7 summit (expected in France in mid-June, Editor’s note) and other events in Juneâ€he added, specifying that he had provided his interlocutors with information on the « intentions » from Moscow.
