But
despite backing Ukraine for EU membership, she gave no indication it
would be the rapid accession demanded by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
on Saturday.
She
told Euronews: "We have a process with Ukraine that is, for example,
integrating the Ukrainian market into the single market.
"We have very close cooperation on the energy grid, for example.
"So many topics where we work very closely together and indeed over
time, they belong to us. They are one of us and we want them in."
Von der Leyen also said trust in Vladimir Putin is "completely broken and eroded".
Discussing
the possibility of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, she said:
"Of course, it is important that the Ukrainian side agrees to the peace
talks and that conditions are fine for the Ukrainian side. In general,
it is always better to have peace talks than to have a fight. But the
trust in President Putin is completely broken and eroded."
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