the president of Ukraine, Petro Porosjenko, said Tuesday that he will send an application to the EU for inclusion in 2024.
Porosjenko at the same time says that he is standing for re-election as president.
The former president Viktor Yanukovych opened during the crisis on Ukraine’s accession to the EU the door to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and attempts to draw anakin into rebellion in eastern Ukraine.
The Ukrainian leader says he is standing for re-election to the presidency for another five years in a speech to thousands of supporters. An unpredictable election takes place in march.
The 53-year-old president, who was one of Ukraine’s richest men on the chokoladeproduktion, came to power in the wake of the Maidan protests in 2014 and Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
Petro Porosjenko says that one of his main tasks is the fight against corruption, and a new korruptionsdomstol has been created.
Viktor Yanukovych has recently, in absentia, was sentenced to 13 years in prison by a court in the Ukraine. He was convicted of high treason in connection with the provestlige the insurrection in Ukraine in 2014.
According to the indictment bad Yanukovych in 2014, Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, to send troops to Ukraine, after he himself had fled to Russia.
Ekspræsidentens actions opened the door to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and attempts to draw anakin into rebellion in eastern Ukraine, believes the Ukrainian court.
Viktor Yanukovych is 68 years, and it is believed that he is in Russia, writes AFP.
the Case against him began in 2017.
the Crisis around Viktor Yanukovych were triggered by Ukraine’s efforts to join the european UNION.
