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Nearly 875,000 people have been forced to leave Ukraine since the beginning of Russia's war of aggression in the country.

Ukraine appears to be in ‘a new reality’ about the prospect of joining the European Union, though there is still some scepticism about the process.

Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydach said that Ukraine could receive the status of a candidate for EU membership "tomorrow, the day after tomorrow", if a political decision is made.

The Ukrainian president's office said that yesterday's European Parliament decision on Ukraine lacked the bold political signposts that all EU institutions and member states should take into account when granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for membership.

The level of support for Ukraine joining the EU and NATO is the highest ever in polling history in Ukraine. 86% support Ukraine joining the EU, and 76% support joining NATO.

The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging EU member states to work towards granting Ukraine candidate status.

The European Parliament acknowledges Ukraine’s prospect of joining the EU and will work to provide Ukraine the status of a candidate for membership.

EU Membership: Zelensky addressed the European Parliament. His speech was greeted with a standing ovation.

On 28 February, the European Union imposed sanctions on Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman of the Russian President, as well as on Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov, and owners of the “Alfa Group” consortium Mikhail Friedman and Peter Aven.

The fifth president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, welcomed the decision of the current head of state, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who signed an application for EU membership.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed Ukraine’s European Union membership application.

Leaders of the Verkhovna Rada factions and groups, with the exception of the pro-Russian Opposition Platform For Life, met on 28 February to discuss a bill which would allow confiscation of all property of legal entities of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine in favor of the Ukrainian State.

According to “Evropeys’ka Pravda”, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmygal announced via his Twitter account on Monday that Ukraine is preparing an application for European Union membership.

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EU agreed to freeze the assets of Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and Minister of foreign affairs, Sergey Lavrov.

Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edgars Rinkevics, said that this decision was made by the Council of the EU at the level of foreign ministers.

Decisions on launching visa-free travel to Europe and the EU-Ukraine summit are expected in October.

When choosing the country’s direction of integration, over half of Ukrainians (51%) choose joining the European Union, according to the results of a study performed by Research & Branding Group.

The EU Ambassador to Ukraine Jan Tombinski, who will leave his post soon, claims that the Ukrainian authorities don’t care enough about the issue of trust.

Ukraine’s Ambassador to the European Union Mykola Tochytskyi denies media reports on granting Ukraine and Georgia visa-free travel from January 1, 2017.

European Union diplomats expect Ukraine and Georgia to be granted visa-free travel in the Schengen Zone by January 1, 2017, according to Rikard Jozwiak, correspondent of Radio Liberty Brussels.