Editor’s Note: Below are the most important news from Ukraine and its neighboring countries on Oct. 12 prepared by UA.TV reporters.

Ukraine-European Union summit held in Kyiv

Borrell: Ukraine is very close to joining the European Union

Ukraine is one step away from energy independence

Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a video conference with Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron

Tochytskyi: Russia’s militarization of Crimea is progressing

Tsymbaliuk: Russia is attempting to avoid fulfilling all documents from the package of Minsk agreements

About 200 000 children on the contact line need psychological support

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