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  • The European Commission will give its recommendations on Friday at 1 p.m. on Ukraine's candidacy to join the EU. 

  • As Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday during his trip to Ukraine, France is preparing to deliver six self-propelled guns to kyiv, in addition to the 12 already delivered.

  • Ukrainian forces remain in difficulty in the Donbass, where the fighting has been concentrated for several weeks on Severodonetsk and Lyssytchansk.

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8 am: It is not because the Commission is in favor that Ukraine becomes an EU candidate

Whatever the sensitivity of the Commission to this idea of ​​a Ukraine, the main difficulty will remain to succeed next week in achieving unanimity within the EU.

The Twenty-Seven must indeed decide, during a summit on June 23 and 24, if they grant Ukraine this official status of candidate, the start of negotiations which could last for years.

We remind you right here of the looooong journey to join the European Union.

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7:50 am: What would it change for Ukraine to become an EU candidate?

First of all, there would be more or less long-term political and economic benefits with the initiation of significant financial aid intended to support reforms and reconstruction.

In the short term, accepting his candidacy would have an eminently symbolic dimension for kyiv, of belonging to the "European family", a family that protects its members, while the country is being attacked by Russia.

7:42 am: Historic day for Ukraine

Ukraine is suspended today from the verdict of the European Commission, which must deliver its opinion at 1 p.m. on the status of candidate for the EU of the country at war.

The day before, the four French, German, Romanian and Italian leaders said they were ready to “immediately” grant Ukraine the status of candidate for membership of the European Union.

"The status of candidate for entry into the European Union for Ukraine can strengthen freedom in Europe and become one of the key European decisions of the first third of the 21st century," pleaded President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday evening.

7:37 a.m.: Summary of yesterday

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis paid a joint visit to Ukraine yesterday.

Back on this day full of announcements and promises in shambles.

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War in Ukraine: Support for EU membership, promises of arms deliveries... Historic visit by European leaders

Hello everyone, welcome to this umpteenth live entirely devoted to the war in Ukraine.

Here, we will closely follow the evolution of the conflict, minute by minute, on this day of Friday, June 17. 

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  • War in Ukraine

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