Financial Times: Ukraine confronts cold reality in quest for EU membership

From the article:

Any future EU accession talks would take years unless Ukraine received special treatment. “Ukraine would have to navigate and close 35 chapters on EU standards and legislation across all policy areas,” said Mikaela Gavas, of the think-tank Center for Global Development.

“Not only does Ukraine’s poor economic capacity, which is being exacerbated by the conflict, put it in a difficult position — there are also longstanding questions about corruption that would need to be answered,” she said.