{"id":1390175,"date":"2026-06-17T11:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1390175"},"modified":"2026-06-17T10:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:00:50","slug":"zelenskyy-discusses-opening-all-eu-accession-negotiation-clusters-with-costa-and-von-der-leyen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-discusses-opening-all-eu-accession-negotiation-clusters-with-costa-and-von-der-leyen\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy Discusses Opening All EU Accession Negotiation Clusters with Costa and von der Leyen"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President of the European Council Ant\u00f3nio Costa and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/news\/grafik-vidkrittya-peregovornih-klasteriv-i-realizaciya-finan-104961\">described <\/a>the opening of the first accession negotiation cluster for Ukraine and Moldova as a strong and clear signal to Russia, which seeks to divide Europe, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n   <p>The leaders discussed the timetable for opening the remaining five negotiation clusters and the next steps on Ukraine\u2019s path toward EU integration. They also addressed the implementation of the EU\u2019s financial support package and preparations for the disbursement of the first tranche.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cUkraine expects to receive these funds as early as this month and direct them toward strengthening its defense against Russian aggression. Particular attention was also given to tightening sanctions against Russia. The leaders discussed the European Union\u2019s 21st sanctions package, targeting the energy sector, trade, financial services, and cryptocurrency,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>In addition, the Ukrainian president and EU leaders discussed diplomatic efforts aimed at achieving peace. The parties agreed that Europe must be represented at the negotiating table.<\/p>\n   <p>Zelenskyy stressed that as long as Russia intends to continue the war, Ukraine\u2019s air defense capabilities must be strengthened and work on security guarantees must continue.<\/p>\n   <p>As previously reported, on June 15 the European Union opened the first accession negotiation cluster for Ukraine and Moldova, with the decision supported by all EU member states.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/g7-leaders-agree-to-increase-air-defense-deliveries-to-ukraine-key-points-from-the-joint-statement\/\">G7 Leaders Agree to Increase Air Defense Deliveries to Ukraine \u2014 Key Points from the Joint Statement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President of the European Council Ant\u00f3nio &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1390177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14,49,51,36415,36422,55,50,36572],"tags":[76,78,72925,72926,72943],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1390175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-ukraine","category-news-en","category-europe-en","category-11473-news-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","category-11473-ukraine-en-news-en-5","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-zelenskyy-in-europe","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid","tag-g7-ukraine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zelenskyy Discusses Opening All EU Accession Negotiation Clusters with Costa and von der Leyen - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-discusses-opening-all-eu-accession-negotiation-clusters-with-costa-and-von-der-leyen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zelenskyy Discusses Opening All EU Accession Negotiation Clusters with Costa and von der Leyen - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President of the European Council Ant\u00f3nio ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-discusses-opening-all-eu-accession-negotiation-clusters-with-costa-and-von-der-leyen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-17T08:02:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/frame_1300x750_720a7191537c41b893f7749ab8749f11-820x473.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"473\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-discusses-opening-all-eu-accession-negotiation-clusters-with-costa-and-von-der-leyen\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-discusses-opening-all-eu-accession-negotiation-clusters-with-costa-and-von-der-leyen\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"headline\":\"Zelenskyy Discusses Opening All EU Accession Negotiation Clusters with Costa and von der Leyen\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-17T08:02:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-discusses-opening-all-eu-accession-negotiation-clusters-with-costa-and-von-der-leyen\/\"},\"wordCount\":263,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-discusses-opening-all-eu-accession-negotiation-clusters-with-costa-and-von-der-leyen\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/frame_1300x750_720a7191537c41b893f7749ab8749f11.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435\",\"\u041d\u0430 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440)\",\"Zelenskyy in Europe\",\"Ukraine\u2019s Allies &amp; 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