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Ukraine edges closer to EU membership as 'potential candidate' status 'more likely'

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The EU Commission has agreed it will decide whether Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova could be granted membership of the bloc by either June 8 or June 15.

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Ukraine could be granted 'potential candidate' status in June (Image: GETTY)

Reporting on the news, Europe Editor for Radio Free Europe, Rikard Jozwiak said: "A potential candidate status for Ukraine is currently more likely and acceptable to some EU member states, putting the country in the same basket as Bosnia and Kosovo."

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