Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that he expects Russia to intensify its attacks on his country as it awaits an answer on its EU membership bid.
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There have been widespread concerns over the forced or coerced transfer of Ukrainian citizens to Russian territory. At times, humanitarian corridors opened to allow civilians to leave besieged cities, such as Mariupol, have led into Russian territory. There have been reports that civilians evacuated from the besieged Mariupol steelworks were taken to a former prison camp in an occupied part of Ukraine.
"Tomorrow begins a truly historic day, a week, when we will hear the response of the European Union on Ukraine's candidate status. [We've] already [got] almost a positive decision of the European Commission, at the end of the new week the response of the European Council is expected," Zelenskyy said in his nightly address on Sunday.
"Fierce fighting continues in the Donbas. The Russian army uses the most artillery there, the most of its offensive forces. But Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka and other hottest spots are holding on. Our people are holding them. Our army is holding on. And I am grateful to everyone whose strength today is our victory tomorrow."
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