Top European Union officials are in Kyiv for the first EU-Ukraine summit since Russia invaded last February.
The EU announced fresh support for Ukraine and says its humanitarian, military and financial assistance to Kyiv now totals around $55 billion US dollars.
But one item on Kyiv's wishlist likely won't be checked off any time soon: after Ukraine was granted EU candidate status last year, officials in the country have set their sights on joining the bloc within 2-3 years.
Marta Mucznik (pronounced "Moochnik") is an expert on EU enlargement with the European Policy Centre. She says the road toward membership is often be long and winding:
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