MOSCOW, November 4. /TASS/. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen arrived in the Ukrainian capital, announced Verkhovna Rada deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak in his Telegram channel.

According to him, she is expected to speak in the Ukrainian parliament.

Kiev expects to receive a "positive signal" about the start of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU. On Friday, Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexey Goncharenko (on a terrorist and extremist list of the Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service) announced that the President of the European Commission would come to Kiev with "positive news for Ukraine" on the start of negotiations on EU accession.

At the same time, the Ukrainian publication Strana, citing a government source, reported that during the trip there will be no remarks on the start of talks on the country's accession to the EU. According to the publication's source, it is too early to start discussions on Ukraine's membership in the EU.

On February 28, 2022, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky signed an application to join the European Union. EU leaders agreed to grant Ukraine and Moldova candidate status for membership in the bloc at a meeting in Brussels on June 23. The countries must meet a number of requirements, including reforms, in order to begin the negotiation process.