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As such, Ukraine can become the EU's key partner in 'green' steel and the development of industrial value chains. To this end, channeling EU resources and funding from global financial institutions towards the country's post-war recovery — and industry — will be a prerequisite.

Orban cited a confidential document on Ukraine's accession allegedly presented at an EU summit in Brussels on the previous day.

By Jan Strupczewski, Lili Bayer and Andrew Gray BRUSSELS, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The European Commission is considering ways to allow Ukraine's quick accession to the EU as part of a peace deal with Russia but without giving Kyiv full membership rights,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is criticizing European allies for their slow and fragmented response to Russia's invasion.

There’s pressure to quickly agree on the spending rules for the Ukrainian loan, but countries are also fiercely fighting for their domestic arms industries.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier this week that around 4,000 buildings in the capital Kyiv were still without heating and most of the city was cut off from electricity after Russian strikes.

The European Union plans to allocate most of a new loan program to Ukraine's military needs over the next two years.

EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas warned Thursday that Ukraine was facing a "humanitarian catastrophe" as Russian strikes cut power in frigid winter conditions.

Delayed western payments keep country’s air defences ‘simply empty’, allowing Russia to knock out power, says president