Mar 25,2022: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked EU leaders for working together to support Ukraine and impose sanctions on Russia, including Germany’s decision to block Russia from delivering natural gas to Europe through the new Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
But during a video address to the European council, Zelenskyy lamented that these steps were not taken earlier, saying there was a chance Russia would have thought twice about invading.
He then appealed to the EU leaders to move quickly on Ukraine’s application to join the bloc.
“Here I ask you, do not delay. Please,” Zelenskyy said by video from Kyiv. “For us this is a chance.”
