The war decided. 10 events that became possible after February 24 2022

Another year and a half, the prospects for Ukraine's accession to the EU were quite vague-European leaders did not say that the doors were closed, but always warned: they would have to wait ten to twenty years. They recognized - yes, Ukraine is trying to get closer to Western standards, but there should be too many work - significant progress in combating corruption, judicial reform, increasing the reliability of borders and resolving migrants should be demonstrated. February 28, 2022.

"Historical document. The application for membership in the European Union, signed by the President of Ukraine," - on the day, five days after the invasion, the spokesman of President Vladimir Zelensky Sergey Nikiforov wrote. At that moment, many people understood that Ukraine's statement was a political statement. But soon Ukraine began to execute the road card. Today, according to polls, 79. 4% of Ukrainians support the idea of ​​Ukraine membership in the EU.

But most importantly, supporting Ukraine's accession to the European Union has increased significantly among EU citizens. Most EU citizens, moreover, are even traditionally skeptical, said that they did not against Ukraine's accession to the European Union. Under pressure from citizens of politics - for example, in Germany - also spoke "for".

"The day that Ukraine became a candidate has become a new beginning for Ukraine, and has become a new beginning for the EU," said the President of the European Commission Ursula von Der Lyen during a recent visit to Kiev. She personally brought two main messages to Ukraine. The first is positive: Ukraine will once become a member of the European Union, the EU is politically ready for this. The second is that Ukraine should not overestimate the capabilities, all requirements must be fulfilled.

"About Ukraine, NATO's position has not changed. We have repeatedly repeated that Ukraine would become a member of the Alliance, but now attention is paid to ensuring the victory of Ukraine in the war," said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on the results of a two -day meeting It took place on February 14-15 in Brussels. On September 30, Ukraine applied for NATO entry in an accelerated order. "We have already gone to NATO in fact.

We have already proven compatibility with the standards of the North Atlantic Alliance," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Sociologists say that 49% of Ukrainians today define NATO as the best security guarantee for Ukraine. And if a number of quite specific criteria need to be fulfilled to join the EU, then joining NATO is rather a political decision. Theoretically, you can become a member of the Alliance very quickly if there is a political will of all 30 participating countries.

The documents of the North Atlantic Alliance do not have a clear list of criteria that the candidate must meet for invitation to membership. "The application is under consideration. The nearest place where it can be discussed is the NATO Vilnius Summit, which is scheduled for July 11-12 this year. Accordingly, the project of the Vilnius Summit, where one or another reaction should be, should be formed by this point," - suggests the deputy head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Igor Zhovkva.

Most Ukrainians consider it correct that the European Union requires reforms from Ukraine to open negotiations on joining the block. The desire to become a member of the EU and NATO forces Ukraine to move through reforms: in the field of justice, the implementation of a strategy for combating corruption and judicial reform. Of course, it is difficult to say today that this movement is comprehensive and fairly quickly. Still, war in Ukraine.

And it just causes the Ukrainian authorities to make promises to reform and at the same time allows you to stretch these promises over time and fulfill half -intense. Europeans say - the timing of reform is not important, the main thing is quality. Recently, the European Commission has appreciated the progress of reforms in Ukraine on 33 main indicators. The average score is 2. 16 out of 5 possible. Ukraine did not receive maximum ball in a single sector.

Experts say that this level is difficult to reach at the candidate stage, 4 points can be sufficient to close negotiations in a separate section. So far, Ukraine has a good level of preparation only in the sectors of energy, customs union, foreign relations and foreign security and defense policy. The judicial reform indicator was not evaluated. And it is the main one for the beginning of negotiations. Europeans say that Zelensky is in favor of reform, but lacking the strength to implement it.

The elimination of the Scandalous District Court of Kyiv was not completed, the High Qualifications Commission of Judges, which should appoint new Femida officials, has not been formed, approved the law on the selection of judges of the Constitutional Court does not meet the requirements of the Venice Commission. On the eve of February 24, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were already professional military formation with the experience of fighting.

But 2022 became a real challenge to the Ukrainian army. Her actions were highly appreciated by politicians and military leaders of partner countries. It successfully reflects the attacks of the once "second army of the world", despite its numerical, economic advantage and most importantly - endless reserves of ammunition and artillery, which have reached the Russian Federation since the Soviet times. The army changes.

This year, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have become an institute that has a high level of trust. According to Razumkov Center, 96% of Ukrainians trust the army and its leadership. Nasams, Iris-T, Patriot, and many other western weapons units could only be heard from the mouth of military experts who thought that Ukraine would hardly trust such equipment before the invasion.

The large -scale invasion and success of the Ukrainian army at the front accelerated the supply of weapons to Western partners. Subsequently, the so -called tank coalition was formed, and some countries announced the restoration of artillery ammunition for Ukraine. Currently, the President of Ukraine and other high Ukrainian officials are actively talking about the need to give Ukraine long -range weapons and fighters. And the question is not so in capacity as in politics.

"The sooner Ukraine will be able to get a powerful long -range weapon, Emmanuel, the sooner our pilots will be able to get modern planes, Olafe, the stronger our tank coalition will be, the faster this aggression of Russia will end, and we will return to Europe confident peace," Vladimir said recently in Paris. Experts are convinced that aviation issues are in work. Ukraine has not yet received the final answer. But many assume that it will be positive.

Poland and Slovakia may first pass miga to Ukraine, and then the American F-16 or Swedish GriPen will be. And maybe it will be a parallel process. 93% of Ukrainians consider Russia the main enemy of Ukraine. Another 56% are credited to the enemies of Belarus. On the eve of February 24, 2022, despite the aggression that lasts since 2014, the figures were at least a third smaller.

Experts say that the reason for such rejection is that the war concerned residents of only two oblasts, and now it has affected many in the country - in every second family, someone is fighting, among the acquaintances, many have wounded or dead, millions of people had to leave their homes because of the threat occupation. "The reconciliation of" Crimea began in the heads of people ", - recently said Vladimir Zelensky.

Recently, the issue of de -occupation of Crimea was more likely to be brackets. Many people thought about how it is possible to release parts Citizens of the Russian Federation. Nowadays it is increasingly possible to hear about several ways of liberation of Crimea - military, diplomatic and hybrid. And more and more representatives of Ukraine and Western partners say that the Armed Forces will be released Crimea.

For example, the main scout of the country Kirill Kirill Budanov notes: "It all started in Crimea 2014 year, and it will end there. "And the former US Army Commander in Europe, retired by Ben Gogesses at the end of January 2023, predicted that in the next few months Ukraine can create conditions for the liberation of the Crimean peninsula. The days of Gogess have explained that Russia holds Crimea, Ukraine. will not be safe.

In particular, under such conditions, the state will not be able to fully restore the economy because it will not be able to use Mariupol port. As a result of the fighting, the roads leading to the Crimea are within the radius of the Ukrainian fire capacity, in particular HIMARS missile systems, and the priority remains a violation of logistics and the provision of the peninsula - the destruction of the so -called Crimean bridge, which connects the occupied territories with Russia.

We will remind, in October on the Crimean bridge a powerful explosion, which partially destroyed it. Despite the fact that Ukraine seeks NATO and the EU, after a full -scale invasion, the idea that Ukraine cannot be listened to Ukraine has increasingly started to sound. Ukraine from the object of world politics has become a subject. Previously, it was still possible to doubt whether any negotiations on Ukraine without Ukraine are underway, today Ukraine is trying to dictate its policy.

At the very beginning of the invasion, French President Macron or Chancellor Scholz still thought out how to persuade Ukraine to preserve Ukraine President Vladimir Putin's face, to agree on compromises, but today it is clear that no conversations behind the back in Ukraine are impossible. The national idea of ​​Ukraine today is to determine the ideas of its best future, to choose partners and have the right to beat the enemy.

A few months ago, for the first time in two years after the presidential campaign, Volodymyr Zelenskyy drew attention to church affairs. Earlier, he believed that religious issues were not his topic. And in one of the autumn conversations with journalists, the President of Ukraine said that he wanted to understand to be "just in decisions.

" At that moment, a wave of searches in the parishes of the UOC (MP) was already swept over Ukraine, which resulted in pro -Russian literature and detained priests. The culmination was that the Ministry of Culture did not extend the lease of the so-called Upper Lavra-the museum part of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. It is considered the informal capital of Eastern Slavic Orthodoxy-the Russian Orthodox Church (and Russian authorities) always declared that the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra was its spiritual center.

Nowadays in the Assumption Cathedral and refectory are representatives of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The whole world is tried with yellow-blue colors. Presidents wear ties and badges in the tone of the Ukrainian flag, the first ladies of many states - dresses. Ukrainian musicians win Eurovision, Ukrainian writers win in literary competitions, and Ukrainian human rights activists are awarded the Nobel Prize.

In 2022 there was no major political, economic or cultural event where Ukraine would not sound. Most often - President Vladimir Zelensky. He, as well as the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, has repeatedly recognized the authorities of the world with people of the year. For example, Zelensky and Zaluzhny were on the list of 100 most influential people in the world according to Time magazine.