UKRAINE WILL HOST a key summit with the European Union today, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying he wants to hold talks “this year” on his war-battered country joining the bloc. EU leaders granted candidate status to Ukraine in June last year, just months after Russia sent troops into the pro-Western country. But the path to full membership remains long, and could take years. The bloc’s chief Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv yesterday with the EU’s most senior diplomat, Josep Borrell. “I believe that Ukraine deserves to start negotiations on EU membership this year,” Zelensky said after...