Ukraine may take its first negotiating steps towards joining the European Union as early as spring 2024, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s evening address. “Today I also held a meeting on the European direction – our relations with the European Union, the tasks for this year, integration in general, and specifically on relations with our neighbors in the European Union. Our priority is clear: all existing agreements must be implemented, and every word that is spoken must be put into practice,” Zelenskyy says. He notes that Ukraine is ensuring precisely this approach in its European …