When the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania visited Kyiv on June 16th, they came bearing gifts. They endorsed Ukraine’s bid to become a candidate for membership of the European Union, a position echoed the following day by Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission.
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