(Finance) – “We have imposed five unprecedented sanctions packages. And we are already preparing the next one. Exports to Russia have dropped by 71%. Inflation in Russia is around 20% and is growing. Financial confidence in the The country is at its lowest level since 1995 and the best minds are leaving the country along with more than 700 private companies. EU countries have already frozen 225 billion assets since the beginning of the war. Russia will fall from an economic point of view, financial and technological while Ukraine is marching towards a European future “. That’s what he said Ursula von der Leyen at a press conference in Kiev.
“Ukraine is part of the European family. We have heard your request very clearly and we are here – said the president of the EU Commission at a press point in Kiev with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky – to give you a first positive answer: in this envelope is the beginning of your journey towards the EU. In this envelope there is the questionnaire for joining the Union, which must be completed, then the recommendation must be made to the EU Council. If we work together it could even be a matter of weeks “.
“I am deeply convinced – she affirmed von der Leyen – that Ukraine will win this war, that freedom and democracy will win. We will work together with Ukraine to rebuild it, with investments and reforms. And all this will form Ukraine’s path towards the EU “.
“Everyone must be equal before the law. Ukraine has always supported this principle. Unlike the Russian Federation, – he said. Zelensky at a press conference – we do not try to influence the international court with power, because we are a democratic country, so we want an independent court. I am convinced that all actions by the Ukrainian armed forces must be fair and just, but we are on our territory and we have not killed Russian or Belarusian civilians. “