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Denmark ready to support Ukraine's EU candidacy.

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Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said on June 16 that Denmark would support candidate status for Ukraine if the European Commission recommended giving it. The commission approved the recommendation on June 17. The minister's statement appears to be a reversal of Denmark's position: earlier in June Bloomberg cited its sources as saying that Denmark and the Netherlands were opposed to candidate status for Ukraine.

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Fighting in southern Ukraine remains intense as Russian forces continue attempts to advance in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, particularly around the town of Huliaipole. The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell and Nick Allard spent time with Ukraine’s 225th Separate Assault Regiment, one of the units tasked with stabilizing this critical section of the front.

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