China News Service, June 24th, a comprehensive report, on the 23rd local time, European Council President Michel announced that Ukraine and Moldova have both become EU candidate countries.
On June 23, local time, European Council President Michel Michel delivered a speech at the EU summit media conference in Brussels.
"Today marks a crucial step on your path to joining the EU," Michel said, describing the European Council's decision as a "historic moment".
"This is a unique and historic moment in Ukraine's relations with the European Union," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Candidacy is the first step towards EU membership, but formal accession could take years.
The European Commission proposed on the 17th that Ukraine should be granted EU candidate status.
In his speech at the 25th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia does not oppose Ukraine's accession to the EU because the EU is not a military bloc.
What Russia has opposed has been Ukrainian military development because it poses a threat to Russia.