European Union countries have formally approved the launch of accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova next week,MK sports another step in the two nations’ long journey to join the 27-nation bloc. Belgium, which currently holds the EU presidency, said member states had agreed on a negotiating framework. Volodymyr Zelenskiy called the start of the accession talks a “historic step”. “Millions of Ukrainians, and indeed generations of our people, are realising their European dream,” the Ukrainian president posted on X.