Ukraine
Ukraine is an official candidate for membership of the European Union.
- Population39MWorld Bank, 2025
- In the EU since–Candidate country
- Euro area–no
- Schengen–no
Relationship with the EU
- 28 February 2022Applied for membership
- 23 June 2022Candidate status granted
- 25 June 2024Accession negotiations opened
Milestones
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, which the EU condemns as an illegal and unjustified war of aggression.
- 24 August 1991Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) adopts the Act of Declaration of Independence. crimea-platform.org
- 1 December 1991Referendum confirms independence: 90.32% yes. crimea-platform.org
- 9 November 1995Joins the Council of Europe. archive.org
- 24 February 2022Russia launches a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. eeas.europa.eu
- 28 February 2022Applies for EU membership. enlargement.ec.europa.eu
- June 2022Granted EU candidate status. enlargement.ec.europa.eu
- 25 June 2024First intergovernmental conference: EU accession negotiations formally launched. enlargement.ec.europa.eu