“In February... I met with refugees at the Polish border, and now I am making a journey through them in the opposite direction,” the statement said.
Gilmour himself noted that he wants to see cases of human rights violations himself, as well as "to communicate with ordinary people and government officials."
On June 17, the European Commission recommended that Ukraine be granted the status of a candidate for EU membership, but subject to a number of important reforms.
This issue will be considered during the summit of the heads of states of the association, which will be held next week.
Later, the EC published a list of conditions, the failure of which on the part of Ukraine may become a reason for revoking Ukraine's candidate status for EU membership.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow is not opposed to the prospect of Ukraine's membership in the European Union, since the EU, unlike NATO, is not a military organization.
At the same time, he suggested that Ukraine would require very large subsidies from Europe, which would still not be used to restore critical industries.