The European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, will meet on Friday to provide a fast-tracked opinion on Ukraine's bid for membership.
The discussion comes shortly after some of the most powerful EU leaders traveled to Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv in a show of solidarity with the war-ravaged country.
The discussion comes just 24 hours after some of the bloc's most powerful leaders visited Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv in a show of solidarity with the war-ravaged country. "The Russians continue to destroy the region's infrastructure," Haidai said via Telegram, according to a translation. "There are reports of one additional American whose whereabouts are unknown. I can't speak to the specifics of that case. Unfortunately, we don't know the full details," State Department spokesman Ned Price said during a daily press briefing.
"At this moment, we have seen the open press reports, the same reports that you all have seen, but we don't have independent confirmation of their whereabouts," Price said.Russian naval blockade of Ukrainian ports will trigger higher food prices and 'unrest and instability,' U.S. Agriculture secretary says
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