FALLEN FIGHTERS’ FLAGS A young man looks at his smartphone near a grassy area decorated with small Ukrainian flags, signed with the names of the Ukrainian servicemen killed in the ongoing war, in central Kyiv on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. AFP PHOTO
FALLEN FIGHTERS’ FLAGS A young man looks at his smartphone near a grassy area decorated with small Ukrainian flags, signed with the names of the Ukrainian servicemen killed in the ongoing war, in central Kyiv on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. AFP PHOTO

KYIV: European Union leaders were set to gather in Brussels on Thursday to discuss calls to formally grant war-torn Ukraine candidate status to join the 27-member bloc as Russian forces slowly advance in the eastern Donbas region despite fierce resistance from Kyiv's military.

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