If the EU countries applied preventive sanctions, Russia would not go to war with Ukraine. If “Nord Stream-2” had been blocked in time, the Russian Federation would not have created a gas crisis. At least there was such a chance. Volodymyr Zelensky stated this during his speech to the European Parliament on March 24.
Now we are preparing Ukraine's membership in the European Union. Finally, here I ask you not to be late, please. This month you have compared these worlds. And they understood who is worth what,” the president emphasized.
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Vladimir Zelensky met with the Chairman of the Seimas of the Republic of Latvia Inara Murniece, Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania Viktorija Cmilyte-Nielsen and Head of the Riigikog of the Republic of Estonia Jüri Ratas, who arrived in Kyiv.
The President thanked them for signing a joint statement on the urgent need to modernize the air defense of Ukraine and for supporting our country with the first day of the war.
