Katja Kallas, the high representative of the European Union, on Nov. 4 suggested she's optimistic about Ukraine joining the bloc. Kallas praised the effort Kyiv has been making despite the war. -- 🧶More NTD Programs: https://www.ntd.com/programs?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=SocialM
And after recent comments by President Trump, Ukraine is urging the United States to remain
open to supplying Kyiv with long-range weapons.
And the European Union says Ukraine is making great progress in its bid to join the bloc.
NTD's international correspondent Ariane Pasdar has the latest.
For Ukraine, membership in the European Union can be a major security guarantee.
The High Representative of the European Union says she's optimistic about Ukraine joining
the bloc.
Katja Kalas praises the effort Kyiv has been making in its bid to join the EU.
No candidate country has ever implemented such sweeping reforms while at war.
At the same time, the bloc issues warnings to Serbia and Georgia.
The EU's enlargement commissioner says the situation in both of those countries is getting
worse.
Serbia needs to deliver on credible reforms across the board in Georgia.
The situation has sharply deteriorated with serious democratic backsliding as never before
in one of the candidate countries.
Pro-EU activists in Georgia have been complaining about their government allegedly being infiltrated
by Russia.
Georgia has been passing pro-Russian laws while cracking down on pro-EU movements.
Serbia has also been going against pro-democracy protests in the country.
And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging the U.S. to remain open to supplying
Kyiv with long-range weapons.
On Sunday, Trump denied reports claiming he decided to provide Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles.
Is your administration providing Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles?
No.
You're not considering that?
No.
Not really.
Zelensky responded on Tuesday, saying the U.S. needs to remain open to the possibility
of supplying the long-range weapons to Ukraine.
We need to have it to use it.
We need the support of the U.S.
We need the support of President Trump.
In more positive news for Ukraine, Zelensky says Trump is supporting Kyiv to be part of
the European Union in the future.
According to Zelensky, the two presidents discussed the issue and Trump stands behind
the effort.
Ariane Pastar, NTD News.
