in what is the fastest decision in eu history for ukraine this has been a long time ambition, and president zelensky was quick to react hailing it see how it would benefit kyiv. for ukraine this has been a long time ambition, and president zelensky was quick to react hailing it as an historic moment which will bring victory in the war against russia closer . meanwhile president putin said he was not against the idea because the eu wasn t a military bloc but couldn t see how it would benefit kyiv. here is commission president ursula von der leyen speaking in brussels. we all know that ukrainians are ready to die for the european perspective. we want them to live with us the european dream. let s look at where ukraine is in its eu application. the application has broadly three phases. phase one is the application to become a candidate for eu membership. ukraine submitted their application in march. first they need the european commission to recommend them which
by the war, which is why president macron and the leader of the european council have been talking in the last month about some kind of transitional status being offered perhaps to these out tear countries. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has arrived in kyiv on his second visit in a show of support for ukraine in the war against russia. he met president zelensky to discuss the uk s support and announce a major training programme for ukrainian forces. boris johnson earlier tweeted to say it was good to be back in the ukrainian capital. our correspondent nick beake was there when borisjohnson arived. well, the prime minister was in this very spot just a few moments ago. here in kyiv, he was given an extremely warm welcome. he was
standing alongside president zelensky who said that the support he had shown that britain had shown, boris johnson had shown was unparalleled. borisjohnson, unparalleled. boris johnson, the leader who unparalleled. borisjohnson, the leader who took his country out of the european union and the vladimir my zelensky wants his country, ukraine, tojoin, and ukraine has actually got a big boost now at the european commission saying it approves the idea of ukraine starting on the idea of ukraine starting on the very long path, probably to follow eu membership. of course, borisjohnson visit comes 2a hours after the leaders of france, germany, italy and romania every year on a similar sort of visits, and the ukrainians say that they are barely grateful for that sort of show of strength, this support, the political strength that shows in the face of letterman putin s aggression. but if you talk to them privately, what they really want in this hour of need, as they describe it, our heavy weapons