Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country has urged Hungary to stop blocking Kyiv’s bid to join the European Union, as Brussels backed advancing the war-torn country to the next stage despite corruption concerns.

The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, presented a series of enlargement reports Tuesday, evaluating the fitness of possible new members, including Ukraine, Serbia and Montenegro. When presenting the reports, EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos praised Ukraine for combatting corruption but warned there was more work to do.

Earlier this year, Zelenskyy’s ruling party pushed amendments through parliament that gave the president’s hand-picked general prosecutor the power to transfer cases away from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the S

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