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Josep Borrell, the EU foreign policy chief, holds a speech in Bruges to inaugurate the European Diplomatic Academy. "Europe is a garden," he says, praising the "combination of political freedom, economic prosperity and social cohesion". He urges European leaders, whom he compares to "gardeners", to help prevent the invasion of the "jungle". SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal describes the start of Ukraine's EU accession talks as "a historic day", speaking as membership negotiations are launched. "The European Union signifies more than a physical space" Shmygal says, "it represents value and hope". The opening of talks sets the war-torn country on a long path towards membership that Russia has tried to block. SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are among leaders meeting at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pose for a group photo in Berlin with others European leaders as the international conference on reconstruction of Ukraine starts in the German capital. IMAGES
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell says that Russian President Vladimir Putin's electoral victory was "based on repression and intimidation". Speaking as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Borrell says "this has not been a free and fair election," but a vote held in a "highly restrictive environment." SOUNDBITE
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