Ukraine thus faces a situation where it is presented with a requirement that is not based on European standards and was not part of previous requirements for acceding to the EU...

Key European capitals have begun to hear Ukraine's arguments. Now, everything needs to be done to make this idea prevail in the EU.

Martin Jäger: "It is obvious to us that Ukraine's future lies in the EU and in NATO... But readiness for accession is indeed a complex challenge."

Harold Koh: "In the fall of 2021, there was a chance that Putin would invade. We developed a theory for that possibility."

"Right now, Putin sees that we are not committed to Ukraine winning. So he just has to hang on."

Andrii Zahorodniuk: "Every time we achieve significant success, it doesn't happen the way our American partners expected."

It is time to prepare for all scenarios in the United States, given that in Washington, they are publicly discussing reducing or even discontinuing aid to Ukraine...

Ukraine's future accession is currently treated as a fact in internal discussions within the EU. However, experts warn against excessive optimism.

Katarína Mathernová: "Ukraine's image as a corrupt state was largely created by Russian propaganda. This is changing."

The average score for meeting the (accession) conditions is 8 out of 10. There is a couple of problems: the "PEP law" and parliamentary resistance...

Benjamin Haddad: "In France, public opinion tends to be much less cynical and much less afraid of Russia than our elites sometimes are."

Oksana Zolotaryova: "For us, Russian narratives about genocide are just common rhetoric. But for the international community, it was something new. They didn't quite understand what it was about."

Russia's agent built his presentation on fake historical claims about Nazi Ukraine and accused President Zelenskyy personally of supporting Nazism.

Penny Pritzker: "My responsibilities are economically oriented... It involves meeting the reform needs that are necessary for Ukraine to achieve EU accession ."

Snyder: "Russia has to lose the. History teaches us that the reckonings only start after your imperial project fails.