Slovakia and Poland will work together to help Ukraine obtain EU candidate status as soon as possible, Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová and her Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda said in Bratislava on Wednesday. Both announced that they would jointly visit their counterparts in EU countries that have shown themselves to be sceptical about Ukrainian membership of the bloc. “For the future and Europe and for peace in Europe, it is important that we talk about the future status of Ukraine,” Čaputová said. “This does not automatically mean full-fledged membership, for which of course the criteria mus…