The European Commission will complete work on recommendations on granting Ukraine the status of an EU candidate by the end of next week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a press conference in Kyiv following talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

" We've been working day and night on this score.. I promised you in April that we would work tirelessly on this and our discussions would allow us to complete this work before the end of next week,"

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Recall that the European Parliament supported a resolution with a recommendation to grant Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership.. The Ukrainian authorities are counting on the decision of the European Union to grant the status of a candidate for EU membership in June. Igor Zhovkva, deputy head of the presidential office, is sure that this is the key to victory in the war against the Russian Federation.