The European Union will continue to support Ukraine both in the time of war and in peace, and some day Ukraine will be welcomed as an EU member, President of the European Council Antonio Costa has said at a joint press briefing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Brussels on Thursday.

"At this meeting, we will discuss two main points. First of all, Ukraine, and then Europe and the world. About Ukraine, we must be very clear: you can count on our full and unwavering support whatever it takes and for the time it is necessary. Now – in war, in future – in peace. We want to welcome you some day here as member of the European Union," he said.

The European Council President assured Zelenskyy that the EU will "work with you for this and to win a comprehensive, just and lasting peace."

"This war in Ukraine is against the Ukrainian people, is on European soil, where at stake are the universal principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter – the right of self-determination, the right of territorial integrity, the right to have safe borders. That's why this war is not only about Ukraine, not only about Europe, it is about the international law. And the international law must prevail and the invasion must be defeated," Costa said.