Editing Visegrád Group (section)

====Ukraine====
{{See also|Accession of Ukraine to the European Union|Ukraine–European Union relations}}
[[Ukraine]], an eastern neighbour of the V4 that is not a member of the EU, is one of largest recipients of the International Visegrád Fund support and receives assistance from the Visegrád Group for its aspirations to [[European integration]].<ref>Claudia Patricolo. [https://emerging-europe.com/in-brief/ukraine-looks-to-revive-v4-membership-hopes-as-slovakia-takes-over-presidency/ Ukraine looks to revive V4 membership hopes as Slovakia takes over presidency]. emerging-europe.com. 29 July 2018.</ref> Ukraine joined the [[Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area]] with the EU and therefore with the V4 in 2016.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34842246 EU-Ukraine free trade 'set for 2016' – President Poroshenko]. [[BBC News]]. 17 November 2015.</ref>

The [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] has led to tensions within the Visegrád Group with Hungary under Viktor Orban, opposed to harsher sanctions against Russia, while the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland strongly supporting Ukraine.<ref name=Lopatka>{{cite news |last=Lopatka |first=Jan |date=24 November 2022 |title=Czechs, Poles criticise Hungary's Orban amid divisions over Ukraine war |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-easteurope-idAFL1N32K160 |work=Reuters |location=Prague |access-date=26 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Zalan |first=Eszter |date=9 May 2022 |title='Visegrád will survive', but as a fractured alliance |url=https://euobserver.com/ukraine/154898 |work=EUobserver |location=Brussels |access-date=26 November 2022}}</ref> In November 2022, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala stated, “This is not the best of times for the (Visegrád) format, and Hungary's different attitudes are significantly influencing and complicating the situation.”<ref name=Lopatka/>