Ukraine will not give up EU bid as compromise to Russia, says Ukrainian official

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine won’t abandon its bid to hitch the European Union to achieve a compromise with Russia as a part of an settlement to finish the warfare, the deputy chief of employees of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy mentioned on Friday.

“I might be categorical, that is completely unacceptable. It’s our alternative, the appliance for EU membership has been submitted and now it’s being put into follow,” deputy chief of employees Andrii Sybiha mentioned.

Talking on nationwide tv, Sybiha mentioned negotiations with Russia had been ongoing however troublesome.

(Reporting by Natalia Zinets and Pavel Polityuk; Writing by Alessandra Prentice; Enhancing by Hugh Lawson)