The European Commission is discussing how best to move forward with work on developing an opinion on Ukraine's request to grant Kyiv membership.

This was announced on Monday in Brussels by representative of the European Commission Ana Pisonero. She said that at the summit in Versailles, the leaders of the European Union approved the decision of the European Council to request an opinion. Pisonero said the European Commission understands the importance of this step for the people of Ukraine. It will move quickly with work on this opinion. To date, the commission have to think how best to do it. The absolute priority is to stop the Russian invasion and ensure that support is delivered to the people in Ukraine and to the refugees, according to her.

Journalists also raised the issue of the possibility of using the frozen assets of Russia to restore Ukraine. To this, representative of the European Commission, Eric Mamer expressed the opinion that this issue is premature. He said it is the middle of the war now. The destruction is increasing every day, the number of victims is also increasing every day. The priority is to support Ukraine and its people in resisting this takeover.