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The

seeks to obtain a "legal commitment" from the

to examine its candidacy for entry into the bloc, as a way of reducing the vulnerability of the country confronted since February 24 with the

However, senior officials in the EU and some of its 27 member states have warned that the admission process could take years or even decades.

The talks come at the height of the Russian military offensive in the east with bombing in

.

Taking this city would open

the way to Kramatorsk for

The Ukrainian General Staff has assured that the Ukrainian forces resist "successfully" in Severodonetsk, near Metiolkiné, where "the occupiers have retreated", and "near Popasna".

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08.07

Scholz, Macron and Draghi will travel to kyiv

German Chancellor

will travel to Kiev with French President

and Italian Prime Minister

ahead of the G7 summit at the end of June, Reuters reports in the German Sunday daily

.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the EU Executive's opinion on Ukraine's application for accession to the European Union will be ready next week.

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08.00

Zelensky says that Russia wants to "devastate every city in Donbas" but that they resist

Zelensky's office reported

by "occupants" in the

as well as in

and

, the two provinces that

.

Likewise, "all the main cities in the free territory" of Donetsk have been

since Saturday night, according to the military administration of the area.

duels

during the day

Taking this city would open the way to Kramatorsk for Moscow, an important stage in conquering the entire Donbas basin.

"The enemy" tries to "intensify the concentration of its troops", but the

, near Metiolkiné, where

, and "near Popasna", indicated the Ukrainian General Staff .

"

, every one of them, without exaggeration," Zelensky said on Friday.

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07.30

Ukraine awaits decision on EU membership

The European Commission will indicate next week if it sees Ukraine's candidacy for the

(EU) as viable, the president of the bloc's executive said on Saturday during a

, in the midst of a Russian military offensive in the east with

, informs Afp.

"Today's talks will allow us to make our assessment by the end of next week," Commission chief

told a news conference alongside Ukrainian President

.

The Ukrainian government seeks to obtain a

to examine its candidacy, as a way of reducing the vulnerability of the country confronted since February 24 with the Russian invasion.

There are expectations that the study of the candidacy will receive the green light at the bloc's next summit, on June 23 and 24.

But senior officials in the EU and some of its 27 member states have warned that

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