EU's position taken into account by Ukraine and US, Kyiv's representative to the EU says

When Russia launched its full-scale penetration successful February 2022, galore said it was not a mobility of if but erstwhile Ukraine would fall.

More than 3 years into nan warfare Ukraine’s Independence Day - celebrated connected 24 August - is erstwhile again a singular milestone for nan state and different objection of its willingness and readiness to conflict for its independence. 

With nan negotiated process aimed astatine putting an extremity to Russia’s warfare astatine afloat speed, Europe rallied down Volodymyr Zelenskyy astatine a gathering pinch Donald Trump connected Monday successful an “exceptional format”, nan Head of nan Mission of Ukraine to nan EU, Vsevolod Chentsov, said successful an question and reply pinch Euronews. 

“The sojourn and this creation of nan European delegation was an exceptional format of really European Union demonstrated its unity connected 1 hand, but besides support to Ukraine successful this captious moment,” he said, pointing to nan truth that nan meting took spot during nan August vacation period. 

“All of them had to interrupt their vacations and to spell to Washington physically and what is not little important is that nan president of nan commission, Ursula von der Leyen took an effort to coordinate this visit.” 

The adjacent measurement of nan negotiated process aimed astatine putting an extremity to Russia’s warfare against Ukraine is group to beryllium a gathering betwixt Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin. It is not clear if Donald Trump would beryllium coming astatine nan first gathering aliases would alternatively subordinate nan 2 presidents aft their bilateral talks.

After nan Monday sojourn to nan White House, it is unclear if European leaders could besides beryllium coming astatine nan negotiating array astatine immoderate stage. 

Chentsov told Euonews that nan existent process is becoming “quite dynamic” and he hopes that it will not beryllium excessively agelong earlier nan adjacent gathering is organised. 

“We should not omit immoderate different scenarios, including information of nan European side, but what is important that nan EU and Europe successful general, because we are talking besides astir Great Britain, is present.” 

He is convinced that “the position of nan European Union decidedly is taken into relationship by Ukraine for judge and besides by nan United States. So this is nan astir important thing.” 

Can nan US thief Ukraine subordinate nan EU?

Welcoming Volodymyr Zelenskyy successful Brussels earlier their departure to Washington, nan EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said nan EU continues “to support Ukraine's way to its rank successful nan European Union. This is itself besides a information guarantee for Ukraine.” 

Vsevolod Chentsov says it is besides a information guarantee for Europe, which is reinforcing nan EU already now, moreover while Ukraine is still a candidate. 

“The caller programme, which is called SAFE (Security Action for Europe) is unfastened for Ukraine, which intends that helping Ukraine to take sides themselves, helping Ukraine usage its potential, it's military-industrial complex, its modern mil-tech will thief decidedly Ukraine, but besides successful nan early will thief Europe to take sides itself.” 

“We accent connected this necessity to move up pinch accession process, do immoderate is imaginable to unlock this stalemate, besides to lick each bilateral issues pinch immoderate personnel states which could arise,” Chentsov said.

“It's normal that personnel states effort to lick bilateral issues and usage nan enlargement process arsenic a leverage. We are prepared to talk, we are prepared to activity and we are doing that. But we do not want to suffer time. And if we person immoderate outstanding issues related to nationalist minorities aliases waste and acquisition aliases sectoral cooperation, we are going to tackle those issues wrong nan applicable clusters.”

Hungary has been consistently opposed to Ukraine's EU rank pinch Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's veto connected accession making love backmost to July 2024, erstwhile Hungary took complete nan six-month presidency of nan EU Council.

But moreover aft Hungary’s stint heading nan Council was over, Budapest has many times vetoed immoderate steps guardant for Kyiv’s way towards afloat EU membership. 

Bloomberg reported this week that an unexpected push to break this deadlock mightiness travel from Washington. 

Donald Trump allegedly called Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán connected Monday to triumph his support for Ukraine to subordinate nan bloc. 

Vsevolod Chentsov says Kyiv is fresh for adjacent steps successful nan EU accession process and welcomes immoderate thief on nan path, including from extracurricular of nan European Union.

“If nan United States aliases different countries extracurricular nan European Union are fresh to help, to usage their governmental clout, to besides usage their individual contacts, we invited this support," he said. 

“It is important to see this rumor arsenic an constituent of nan bid process. And that's why if Donald Trump , who is starring this bid process, is progressive successful fixing this rumor it is logical.“