By the end of this year, Ukraine has the determination to fulfill all seven conditions set forth by the European Commission for granting a candidate status and to proceed to the negotiation process regarding EU membership, stated Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, during the Yalta European Strategy Annual Meeting held in Kyiv on September 9-10.

"We will move at a very fast pace. We have analyzed how other countries paved this way. It took 5, 7, 8 years. We have the ambition to complete this journey in a maximum of two years and achieve our goal of being a full-fledged member of the European Union," said the Head of the Government.

The Prime Minister emphasized that Ukraine had defended its civilizational choice and would prolong its advancement towards the West.

"The main conclusion after two hundred days of this bloody war is that Ukraine has won strategically. We won in upholding our freedom, our democracy. We won in our strategic vector to unite with Europe. russia has lost strategically. They remained in their archaic Soviet model of existence with their propaganda, with their imperial ambitions, we will obviously not allow them to achieve," the Prime Minister noted.

Denys Shmyhal also thanked the Armed Forces and all Ukrainian military personnel, who provide the possibility to discuss and plan a successful European future of Ukraine.