DAccording to the government, Ukraine has completely filled out the questionnaire for the application for EU membership handed over by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. As the deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, Ihor Zhovkva, said in a television interview on Ukrainian public television on Sunday (local time), the European Commission must now clarify whether Ukraine meets the necessary accession criteria.
“We expect that the recommendation will be positive and then the ball will be in the hands of the EU member states,” he said. According to him, Ukraine expects to receive EU candidate status during the scheduled session of the European Council on June 23-24.
During her visit to Kyiv on April 8, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj an accelerated decision on the country’s admission to the international community. She handed Selenskyj a catalog of questions on the intended EU membership and the President promised to process the document within a week.
Ukraine news – all events in the live ticker:
09:39 – Serbia accuses Ukraine of disrupting air traffic
Serbia accuses Ukraine and an unnamed EU country of thwarting Air Serbia’s service between Belgrade and Moscow with false bomb alerts. “Foreign services from two countries do that. One is an EU country and Ukraine is the other country,” says Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. He does not give any evidence for this.
In recent weeks, Air Serbia passenger planes have repeatedly turned back after bomb threats. Belgrade airport has been evacuated several times. Serbia strives for good relations with both Russia and the EU. The Balkan country is not participating in the sanctions that Western countries have imposed on Russia because of the Ukraine war.
09:04 – Russian forces launch further attacks
According to Ukrainian sources, the Russian military has almost completed its preparations for a new offensive in Donbass. “In the eastern theater of operations, the armed forces of the Russian Federation are completing the formation of an assault force,” the Ukrainian General Staff said in its situation report on Monday.
The Russian military is currently trying to feel the weak points in the Ukrainian defense lines with individual attacks. The Russian armed forces launched further attacks on cities in the Donbass during the night. “The enemy is making the main efforts in the area of Lyman, Kreminna, Popasna and Rubishne, and has also tried to establish full control of Mariupol,” the Ukrainian General Staff reported. In addition, the Russian military tried to establish a bridgehead north of the Ukrainian-held city Shevjerodonezk to build. According to Kiev sources, the attacks were repulsed.
The General Staff also reported on Russian airstrikes on targets in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and predicted further Russian attack attempts in southern Ukraine. There the Russian military will try to reach the borders of the Kherson region.
08:29 – reports of explosions in Lviv
According to Ukrainian sources, five Russian rocket attacks on Monday morning City of Lviv met in the west of the country. There were “five violent rocket attacks at once on the civilian infrastructure of the old European city of Lviv,” wrote Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Twitter. A resident of south-west Lviv told AFP news agency that he had seen thick clouds of gray smoke rising from behind residential buildings.
“The Russians continue to barbarously attack Ukrainian cities from the air,” Podoliak wrote. Rescue workers are on their way to the scene, said the city’s mayor, Andriy Sadowy, in the messenger service Telegram. There is still no information about the extent of the damage or possible victims.
Located far from the front lines in western Ukraine, Lviv has rarely been bombed since the Russian invasion began on February 24. On March 26, the city was hit by a series of Russian airstrikes. Among other things, a fuel depot was attacked, five people were injured according to the authorities.
08:15 – Pro-war trial
Since February 24, the authorities in Deutschland According to a media report, more than 140 preliminary investigations have been initiated for supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the majority of cases, it is about the use of the “Z” symbol, which the Russian army in Ukraine uses to mark its tanks and vehicles, reports the editorial network Germany, citing its own survey of the interior and justice ministries and State Criminal Police Offices of the federal states.
03:02 a.m. – Municipalities are calling for the civil protection to be strengthened because of the Ukraine war
The Association of Towns and Municipalities calls for a “complete restart”. civil disaster control and civil protection. In addition to the dangers of climate change such as heat and floods, there are now war scenarios and cyber threats, said General Manager Gerd Landsberg to the newspapers of the Funke media group (Monday editions). A functioning alarm system, better equipment for the fire brigade and the stocking of food, medicines and equipment such as emergency power generators for clinics are necessary.
In view of the possible dangers of war, new concepts for shelters would also have to be developed. Landsberg called on citizens to make more provision for themselves. The state “cannot always be efficient everywhere, even in emergency situations,” he said. “That’s why, for example, stocking up on water and food for 14 days is the order of the day.”
01:00 – Aviation Industry – Do not expect major outages on oil embargo
Die German aviation industry would be able to cope with an energy embargo against Russia according to its own assessment. “We would see restrictions and higher prices. However, most of the oil used by the industry already arrives in the North Sea ports.
An embargo should therefore not lead to major losses,” said the President of the BDL industry association, Peter Gerber, to the newspapers of the “Funke Mediengruppe”. He also says he expects airline ticket prices to rise. “Kerosene costs are rising, but infrastructure costs are also rising because air traffic control services, for example, are passing on higher costs.”
00:00 – Newspaper – 1100 doctors want to help in Ukraine and neighboring countries
According to a media report, around 1,100 doctors from Germany attended the German Medical Association registered to help treat the sick and war wounded in Ukraine or neighboring countries. Medical President Klaus Reinhardt tells the editorial network Germany that the response to a corresponding call is very impressive.
The German Medical Association is currently in talks with the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry of Health and the embassies of Ukraine and the neighboring countries on how the doctors can be deployed as sensibly as possible.
10:43 pm – Zelenskyy on reconstruction
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tweeted that he had spoken to the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgiewa, spoke about his country’s financial stability and post-war reconstruction. There are clear plans. He is sure that the cooperation between Ukraine and the IMF will continue to be fruitful.