On the fifth day of Russia's brutal and unprovoked aggression, the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed an application for Ukraine's membership in the EU. To some, this step during a full-scale war may seem untimely.
Yet for Ukrainians, it is logical and imminent.
Today, Ukraine is desperately fighting for its survival as a democratic and free state. Ukrainians are motivated by a strong belief that the return of the tyranny and colonial "spheres of influence" of 20th c...
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Olga Stefanishyna is deputy prime minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic integration.