🇪🇺 About Ukrainian EU Accession - Current public debate regarding when it is allowed to happen misses the mark. The process became just as existential for Brussels as it is for Kyiv.

In many ways what led to war between Ukraine and Russia was the decision by Ukrainian society to pursue a democratic future in the European Union rather than to continue to live under oppressive, corrupt, and oligarchic Russian influence. In 2013, the Verkhovna Rada overwhelmingly voted to approve the finalization of the EU - Ukraine Association Agreement. This decisively signalled that Kyiv chooses Brussels over Moscow and its EU rival, the Eurasian Economic Union. In the months leading up to t