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Zelensky demands full EU membership for Ukraine
The Telegraph ^ | MAY 23, 2026 | Robert White

Posted on 05/24/2026 9:31:36 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Volodymyr Zelensky has demanded that Ukraine be granted full membership of the European Union.

Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, had called for the country to be given a special half-in, half-out relationship, which would mean it could participate in European summits and ministerial meetings – but not cast a vote.

Mr Zelensky criticised the “associate membership” concept, branding it an “unfair” move that would leave Ukraine “voiceless”.

The Ukrainian president urged the EU to commit to his country’s full entry in a letter addressed to Antonio Costa, the president of the European Council, Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, and Nikos Christodoulides, the Cypriot president who holds the rotating chair of the Council of Ministers.

“We are defending Europe – fully, not partially, and not with half-measures,” he wrote in a letter seen by Reuters late on Friday.

“Ukraine deserves a fair approach and equal rights within Europe.”

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 05/24/2026 9:31:36 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Little z, please keep cramming yourself down their throats.

Make them taste you, Naked Piano Player!


2 posted on 05/24/2026 9:36:18 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind
That perverted little punk needs his ass kicked good and hard.

L'il Zman deserves his comeuppance delivered with malice aforethought, and plenty of it.

3 posted on 05/24/2026 9:50:13 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: MinorityRepublican

What? Soviet Union membership ain’t good enough?


4 posted on 05/24/2026 9:57:27 PM PDT by Nachoman (Proudly oppressing people of color since 1957.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

He won’t even allow elections.


5 posted on 05/24/2026 10:10:30 PM PDT by roving
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To: MinorityRepublican

What is he going to declare war on the EU if he doesn’t get his way?


6 posted on 05/24/2026 10:23:25 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: MinorityRepublican

People in Hell demand ice water.


7 posted on 05/24/2026 10:25:08 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: MinorityRepublican

Zelensky is Europe’s Problem.


8 posted on 05/24/2026 10:51:40 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITT)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Zelensky is a total moron

The worst thing he could do for Ukraine is hook up with the broke and failing EU
And be subject to all their destructive rules and regulation , not to mention being forced to take in 2-4 million cultural enrichment , illiterate. Militant Muslim illegal aliens to screw Ukraine up as badly as the EU and Scandinavia has been screwed up.

That's a recipe for civil war in Ukraine as Ukrainian men are not the sort of wimpy, effeminate girly men you see in the EU . These guys have not spent 4 years in trench warfare with Russia just to be bullied and abused by a bunch third world Muslim invaders like we see in France, Germany , UK , Sweden and the rest of Europe and Scandinavia

The migrants try to pull their tricks in Ukraine and it will not go well for the migrants, which will put Ukraine in violation of so many. EU regulations they will not be able to count them all

9 posted on 05/24/2026 10:58:56 PM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead)
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To: rdcbn1
The EU realizes that they're on the hook for Ukraine's reconstruction after the war.

Right now, they're having trouble finding $$$ to pay to arm Ukraine.

Zelensky is calling out the EU on this.

The EU may eventually cut off Zelensky and the war will end.

They'll pretend to be partners but ultimately Zelensky is going to run out of money.

10 posted on 05/24/2026 11:08:36 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: tennmountainman

Zelensky is Europe’s Problem.
Zelensky is Europe’s Problem.
Zelensky is Europe’s Problem.
Zelensky is Europe’s Problem.

I really like the sound of that.

Set it to the sound of music. Or a firing squad.


11 posted on 05/24/2026 11:22:15 PM PDT by Veto! (I)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I have a solution to the funding of Ukraine’s reconstruction

Take the 90 billion Euro loan currently intended to destroy more of the Ukraine ( and fund more theft and fraud) and add to the cost of rebuilding, end the war ASAP and use the 90 billion euro (100 billion dollars ) to rebuild Ukraine

But that would rational


12 posted on 05/24/2026 11:29:50 PM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Zelensky demands full EU membership for Ukraine


13 posted on 05/24/2026 11:35:37 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie; MinorityRepublican
3 questions:

1. Who more resembles Winston Churchill? Zelinski or Trump.

2. Who more resembles Vladimir Putin? Zelinski or Trump.

3. Have either of you ever given any evidence whatsoever in this forum that you would rather Ukraine win than Russia?


14 posted on 05/24/2026 11:41:27 PM PDT by nathanbedford (Attack, repeat, attack! - Bull Halsey)
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To: MinorityRepublican

how can he be a member of the EU with disputed borders?


15 posted on 05/25/2026 12:50:00 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Sorry, pal, that vote must be unanimous.


16 posted on 05/25/2026 2:14:45 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Zelensky demands”

What’s the “or else”?


17 posted on 05/25/2026 2:34:20 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: rdcbn1
Take the 90 billion Euro loan currently intended to destroy more of the Ukraine

Crazy, Russia is in its 1552 day of invading Ukraine and destroying everything in its path but its Europe, that has funded Ukraine's defense which is "destroying Ukraine". Amazing

18 posted on 05/25/2026 3:03:10 AM PDT by tlozo (“We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth,” Trump)
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To: rdcbn1
The worst thing he could do for Ukraine is hook up with the broke and failing EU

No, the worse thing for Ukraine is to be occupied by a poorer Russia where 20% of households do not have an indoor toilet.

19 posted on 05/25/2026 3:06:58 AM PDT by tlozo (“We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth,” Trump)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Right now, they're having trouble finding $$$ to pay to arm Ukraine.

No, they have funded Ukraine with a 90 billion dollar loan.

Europe is the largest financial backer of Ukraine, having committed over €200 billion in total financial, humanitarian, and military aid since the invasion. The bulk of this is directed through the European Union, which has established a €90 billion financing scheme to fund the country's budgetary and defense needs through 2027

20 posted on 05/25/2026 3:09:34 AM PDT by tlozo (“We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth,” Trump)
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