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Ukraine application for EU will 'take time,' 'hard to say' when process will end
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Several member states had signed a request to accelerate Ukraine's admission, but EU President Ursula von der Leyen tried to cool expectations of such a process.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives to deliver a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Dec. 15, 2021. (Julien Warnand, Pool Photo via AP) Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs Ukraine's application for membership in the European Union on Monday Feb 28, 2022. (Ukraine Presidential Office/Eyepress/Reuters ) Ukrainians crowd under a destroyed bridge as they try to cross the Irpin river on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A Ukrainian serviceman holds a baby while crossing the Irpin River on an improvised path under a bridge that was destroyed by a Russian airstrike, on Saturday, March 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
But von der Leyen cautioned that the process will still take time to complete.