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Zelensky calls on EU to keep Moldova's membership bid shackled to Ukraine

Kyiv Independent16 October 2026, 15:06 UTCUkraine

"It would be simply wrong to split us apart on our way into the EU — I hope not. Morally wrong," President Volodymyr Zelensky told EU leaders.

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