Analysis | Ukraine will struggle without western support – so it’s little wonder Putin is feeling emboldened – By Sean Bell (Sky News) / Dec 14, 2023
While President Vladimir Putin framed the conflict in Ukraine as a civil war, the future support Volodymyr Zelenskyy desperately needs hangs in the balance. The West has serious choices to make, Sean Bell writes.
The conflict in Ukraine is far from over but it’s little wonder Vladimir Putin is feeling emboldened.
Top of the agenda for this week’s two-day EU summit is discussions on Ukraine’s route to accession into the EU.
There are a number of key preconditions that Ukraine will have to satisfy before it can actually join the EU, but there appears a broad consensus that a strategy for Ukraine’s accession should be agreed.