FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, June 13, 2022. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi/File Photo
IRPIN, Ukraine (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday won backing from the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania to give Ukraine European Union candidate status, while urging them to send more weapons and impose tougher sanctions on Russia.
In the first such visit to the capital since Russia invaded on Feb. 24, France's Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Olaf Scholz, Italy's Mario Draghi and Romania's Klaus Iohannis said Ukraine belonged in the "European family".
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