Scholz recalled the need to eliminate corruption in Ukraine and Moldova

“It was a strong signal that last summer we made Moldova and Ukraine candidate countries.

Each candidate must meet the necessary criteria to become a member of the EU,” he said in an interview with Bild.

So the Chancellor answered the question of whether Ukraine's accession to the EU by the end of 2024 is realistic.

According to Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the Ukrainian government is "corrupt and one of the worst in the world."

Columnist Matthew Parris in an article for The Spectator noted that even after the end of the conflict in Ukraine, Europe will see it as a poor state, far from the modern Western liberal-democratic order.