“Russia has started the battle for Donbass”
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during a daily video message said that Russian troops had begun the battle for Donbass, for which Moscow had been preparing for a long time.
“A very large part of the entire Russian army is now going for this incident. How much would be there [на Донбасс] no matter how the Russian military was rounded up, we will fight. We will build. We will do this every day. We won’t give up anything Ukrainian, and we don’t need someone else’s,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
According to the President of the Ukrainian President, there is already a comprehensive plan, which involves the restoration of seized objects, the modernization of the state structure, the rapid development of Ukraine and entry into the European Union.
“Today a historic event took place: we are going through one of them before joining the EU. We handed over the answers to the questionnaire that we received from Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, and Josep Borrell, the head of European diplomacy… In the near future, we will hand over the second part of the answers, and we hope that the European decision in response will be quick,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said .
In his view, the status of an EU candidate for eligibility is an unprecedented opportunity to rebuild and improve the country.