What changed
Adds a call to address the EU's reliance on Russian fertilisers, which fund Russia's war and threaten food security. #6 Expands the list of occupied Ukrainian regions to include Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. #1 The other changes are formal or wording: decimal separators are aligned and references to Hungary are rephrased. #2#3#4#5
2 changes of substance, plus 2 formaland3 wording-only. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.
The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.
Change #1 Substance
Expands the list of occupied regions to include Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, in addition to Donetsk.
A. whereas Russia has been carrying out an illegal, unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine since 24 February 2022, in a continuation of its aggression since 2014, including the illegal annexation of Crimea and the occupation of parts of the DonetskDonetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and LuhanskKherson regions, persistently, blatantly and grossly violating the principles of the UN Charter and international humanitarian law, as established by the Geneva Conventions of 1949;
Change #6 Substance
Adds a call for the EU to address the growing reliance on Russian fertilisers, highlighting their role in funding Russia's war and threatening food security.
14. Calls on the Council to extend its sanctions against Russia; calls for further sanctions against sectors of special economic importance for Russia (the metallurgical, nuclear, chemical, agricultural and banking sectors) and on Russian raw materials, such as aluminium, steel products, uranium, titanium and nickel, for a full embargo on imports into the EU of Russian fossil fuels and liquefied natural gas (LNG), and for the price cap on Russian petroleum products to be lowered further in coordination with G7 partners, in order to stop contributing to the financing of Russia’s illegal war of aggression; calls for stronger and more targeted sanctions against Russia’s shadow fleet; underlines the need to cease any cooperation with Russia in the nuclear energy sector; highlights that Russia is shifting from reliance on gas exports to gas-derived fertilisers, which provide a major source of revenue and foreign currency earnings for the Russian state, directly fuelling its war machine, while simultaneously compromising EU economies and threatening food security; calls for the EU to address this challenge properly, urgently and with strong, decisive actions, as the EU’s reliance on Russian fertilisers is growing at an alarming rate;