President of Poland Andrzej DudaWARSAW, Feb. 26 candidate to join the European Union. «Poland is in favor of an express path for Ukraine's membership in the European Union. Candidate status should be granted immediately, and membership negotiations should begin immediately after that,» Duda wrote on Twitter. Duda also believes that Ukraine «should have access to funds from the EU for reconstruction.» Russia launched a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday, February 24th. In a televised address to the Russians, President Vladimir Putin said that circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass have asked for help.» According to the Russian leader, all responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. He urged the Ukrainian military not to carry out the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, to lay down their arms and go home. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian Armed Forces do not inflict any strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure is disabled by high-precision means. The civilian population, according to the department, is not in danger. The Ministry of Defense added that the Ukrainian border guards «do not offer any resistance», in some cases the Ukrainian military surrenders and after that they have the opportunity to return to their families.Situation development — in the online report >> «/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/93fa2d5dff7835c379a058239537b57d.jpg» />The President of Poland called on Western countries to supply more weapons to UkrainePosted by: Piotr Popadiuk
