Ukraine’s deputy prime minister said Wednesday that she was “100 percent” confident that all 27 EU countries would approve the proposal for Ukraine to become a candidate for bloc membership during this week’s summit.

In an interview with the Associated Press, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna said the decision could come on Thursday, the first day of a two-day summit of EU leaders in Brussels.

Asked how confident she was that Ukraine would be accepted as an EU candidate, she said: “A day before the summit starts, I can say 100 percent.

Countries that had been skeptical – the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark – about starting accession talks with Ukraine while it is fighting Russian occupation are now supportive, she said.

The EU executive arm backed Ukraine’s candidacy last week.

Stefanishyna described the decision as “a change of game” and said that unanimous support from the European Commission had taken hold of “the feet of those most hesitant – not even skeptical – but hesitant” countries.

“Most EU leaders have explained that there is already a consensus, so there is no discussion about a consensus on Ukraine,” she told the AP.

Ukraine applied for EU membership on February 28, four days after the start of the Russian occupation in this country, in eastern Europe.

Moldova and Georgia did the same on March 3 this year.