moldova s president said hosting the summit just 20km from ukraine s border, was a show of solidarity with kyiv. president zelensky has been at the gathering where he emphasised once again that ukraine should be allowed to join both nato and the eu urgently. every european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tear it apart, should be a full member of the eu and nato. and there are only two alternatives to this either an open war or creeping russian occupation. our correspondentjenny hill is in kishi no for us. today was largely about symbolism, as is often the case with this kind of summit. it s no accident that those european leaders chose to meet here in moldova. of all of ukraine s neighbours, it arguably has the most reason to feel vulnerable in the wake of vladimir putin s full scale invasion of ukraine. moldova is a former soviet state. it s wedged between ukraine and the eu. for many years it s been heavily dependent on moscow for fuel, forf
following the russian invasion. a former soviet republic, it has remained economically dependent on moscow and has struggled for years, with pro russian rebels in its trans nisstree ah region. moldova s president said hosting the summit just 20km from ukraine s border, was a show of solidarity with kyiv. president zelensky was among the first to arrive at the summit. he warned delegates, that aside from peace, there are only two options for countries not in the eu and nato war or russian occupation. every european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tear them apart, should be a full member of the eu and nato. and there are only two alternatives to this. either an open war or creeping russian occupation. we see what is happening in belarus. happening in georgia.
questioning for itv s cheapest i could have, and that will be by mps onjune could have, and that will be by mps on june the could have, and that will be by mps onjune the 14th. that news just coming into us. let s turn to the war in ukraine. a summit of european leaders is just coming to a close. it s being held in moldova the country which neighbours ukraine to the west. president zelensky has been at the gathering reiterating that ukraine should urgently be allowed to join both nato and the eu. moldova has become increasingly important strategically, following the russian invasion. a former soviet republic, it has remained economically dependent on moscow and has struggled for years with pro russian rebels in its transnistria region. moldova s president said hosting the summit just 20km from ukraine s border was a show of solidarity with kyiv. president zelensky was among the first to arrive at the summit. he warned delegates that aside from peace, there are only two option