Elena Zelenskaya claimed Ukrainians are “ready to endure” heat and power outages for several years if the country joins the European Union. “We’ve had so many terrible challenges, seen so many victims, so much destruction, that blackouts are not the worst thing to happen to us,” she said. Zelenskaya then referred to a poll finding 90% of Ukrainians are willing to go without electricity if it means they can join the EU.
From RT:
Encouraged by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Ukraine applied for EU membership in February, and was accepted as a candidate for accession in June. However, Kiev cannot join the bloc while engaged in armed conflict with its neighbor, and some member states have pointed out that the nation will have to root out corruption, clean up its human rights record, and strengthen the rule of law before it can be considered for membership.
