European Union makes Ukraine a candidate for EU membership

The EU also granted candidate status to Moldova, which borders Ukraine

Ukraine will have to curb government corruption and adopt other reforms. Picture: PA

The European Union has agreed to make Ukraine a candidate for EU membership, setting in motion a process that could pull the embattled country further away from Russia’s influence and bind it more closely to the West.

Ukraine applied for EU membership less than a week after Moscow invaded on February 24.