Kyiv ¨C Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy predicted Russia will escalate its attacks this week as European Union leaders consider whether to back Kyiv¡¯s bid to join the bloc and Moscow presses its campaign to win control of the country¡¯s east.
¡°Obviously, this week we should expect from Russia an intensification of its hostile activities,¡± Zelenskyy said in his Sunday nightly video address. ¡°We are preparing. We are ready.¡±
Ukraine applied to join the EU four days after Russian troops poured across its border in February. The EU¡¯s executive, the European Commission, on Friday recommended that Ukraine receive candidate status.
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