Joseph Borrell: Ukraine has the prospect of joining the EU, but membership is not on the agenda

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Joseph Borrell says Ukraine has the prospect of joining the EU, but membership is not on the agenda.

"This issue is not on the agenda today, believe me. We need to work on more practical issues. EU membership is something that will take many years. The war in Ukraine must be answered in the coming hours. Not in the coming years, but in the next few hours," Borrell said.

The EU foreign affairs chief also stressed that the international community cannot allow a situation where a “powerful country smashes their neighbor using its military capacities.”

“If we allow this, it is the law of the jungle,” he added.