The European Union has given its blessing for Ukraine and Moldova to become candidates to join the bloc. The recommendation is a significant step but is only the first in a process that usually takes years. As Jackson Proskow explains, the recommendation is a symbolic boost to Ukraine as it struggles to push back Russia.
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