First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska spoke online at the international conference WomenNOW, which is being held for the fourth time in Madrid, Spain. The event celebrates leadership in uncertain times, the power of change and the need for women to lead it..

The President's wife thanked Spain for hosting more than 100,000 Ukrainian temporary migrants.

“Imagine: Spain actually saved an entire city. Such as Severodonetsk, which the Russians are destroying with bombs at this moment when we are talking. Spain accepts our soldiers and children with oncology for treatment. Yes you save a life! Ukrainians will not forget this,” she said..

Olena Zelenska also appealed to the representatives of the European Union with a call to grant Ukraine the status of a candidate for membership:

“On June 23-24, at the meeting of the European Council, the issue of granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership will be considered. This is what is now waiting in every trench and every bomb shelter.. To invite us to Europe not as refugees, but as like-minded people and allies. People who are now fighting not only for themselves, but also for the fact that the aggressor does not come to Europe. Who will ask: what do we have for joining the EU? I will say: we have the main thing - we value human life "