FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at a European Union leaders' special summit to discuss Ukraine and European defence, in Brussels, Belgium March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
UZHHOROD, Ukraine (Reuters) -The European Union is on a high-level charm offensive in Ukraine this week, meeting the Hungarian minority in the west of the country to try to ease tensions between neighbours that are threatening Kyiv's accession bid.
Ukraine wants to accelerate work on joining the 27-member bloc, which it considers its most realistic path to economic prosperity and to creating a buffer against the threat posed by Russia since its 2022 invasion.
