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speak easy

(9,288 posts) Sun Apr 10, 2022, 12:25 AM Apr 2022

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Ukraine 'expects to be granted EU candidate status in June'.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

At a joint news conference with Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Von der Leyen handed the Ukrainian president a questionnaire that will form a starting point for a decision on membership, saying:

It will not as usual be a matter of years to form this opinion but, I think, a matter of weeks.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/apr/09/russia-ukraine-war-latest-zelenskiy-calls-for-firm-global-response-to-war-at-kramatorsk-train-station-live?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with:block-625145ae8f083703c7bd8f6b#block-625145ae8f083703c7bd8f6b

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Ukraine 'expects to be granted EU candidate status in June'. (Original Post) speak easy Apr 2022 OP

Ms. Von der Leyen does her job well. elleng Apr 2022 #1

What does that mean in terms of military help? If any. Maraya1969 Apr 2022 #2

In terms of military help ... very little speak easy Apr 2022 #3

May he suffer many more defeats. brer cat Apr 2022 #4

I wonder how much a man like that can suffer? speak easy Apr 2022 #5

elleng

(131,028 posts)

1. Ms. Von der Leyen does her job well.

Reply to speak easy (Original post)

Sun Apr 10, 2022, 12:32 AM

Apr 2022

Maraya1969

(22,489 posts)

2. What does that mean in terms of military help? If any.

Reply to speak easy (Original post)

Sun Apr 10, 2022, 12:48 AM

Apr 2022

speak easy

(9,288 posts)

3. In terms of military help ... very little

Reply to Maraya1969 (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 10, 2022, 12:55 AM

Apr 2022

because the main EU players, such as Germany, have already already waived their laws on supplying legal weapons to a non-EU country in a conflict zone.

In terms of the war ... it is a huge defeat for Putin.

brer cat

(24,581 posts)

4. May he suffer many more defeats.

Reply to speak easy (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 10, 2022, 01:15 AM

Apr 2022

speak easy

(9,288 posts)

5. I wonder how much a man like that can suffer?

Reply to brer cat (Reply #4)

Sun Apr 10, 2022, 03:04 AM

Apr 2022

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