Forty-five per cent of voters across the EU are in favour of Ukraine joining the bloc, while 35% are openly against it, and another 20% are in two minds about it, the Euronews/Ipsos poll carried out among 26,000 respondents across 18 member states has found. The war-torn country and neighbouring Moldova put in their bid to become EU members within weeks of Russia launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February 2024 and acquired candidate status in record time. EU leaders have since also agreed to open negotiations talks. Before the war, the prospect of Ukraine joining the bloc wa…