Crisis-hit Ukraine one step closer to getting EU membership: Report

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy formally applied to join the EU at the end of February

The European Commission recommended that Ukraine be granted candidate status in a symbolic step on the long path to become members of the European Union, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The EU’s executive arm approved it Friday with conditions that Kyiv will have to meet in the future on the rule of law, justice and anti-corruption, the people said. The recommendation is significant for Ukraine, which has invested so much of its political future on a closer relationship with Europe as it seeks moral support in countering Russian aggression.

But there’s no existing fast-track path to speed up the