By Doris Pundy, dpa AYIA NAPA, Cyprus - Ukraine and the European Union hope to start formal membership negotiations following the election defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a noted opponent of Kyiv's accession to the bloc. "We are ready," said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday, as he arrived at an informal EU summit in the Cypriot seaside town of Ayia Napa.