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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2025/2710(RSP))

On the human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civilians

B-10-2025-0308

on behalf of the ECR Group · Rapporteur: Michał Dworczyk, Małgorzata Gosiewska, Anna Zalewska, Reinis Pozņaks, Roberts Zīle, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Bogdan Rzońca, Rihards Kols, Alexandr Vondra, Ondřej Krutílek, Veronika Vrecionová, Aurelijus Veryga, Charlie Weimers, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Assita Kanko, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Adam Bielan, Mariusz Kamiński

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This resolution condemns Russia's unlawful detention, torture, and execution of Ukrainian POWs and civilians, and its indiscriminate attacks on civilians. It urges an all-for-all prisoner exchange, support for a Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression, and further sanctions on Russia.

Key points

  1. Condemns Russia's unlawful detention, enforced disappearance, torture, and inhumane treatment of Ukrainian POWs and civilians, and its indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas.
  2. Calls for stable, predictable, and timely supply of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine in larger quantities.
  3. Urges Russia to implement an all-for-all exchange of POWs with Ukraine, and calls on the EU and partners to pressure Moscow.
  4. Condemns systematic execution of Ukrainian POWs and calls for accountability at all levels, including political and military leadership.
  5. Demands an end to atrocities and independent investigations to hold all perpetrators accountable, including those who ordered or enabled abuses.
  6. Urges Russia to release imprisoned Ukrainian civilians, including artists, musicians, journalists, and civil society representatives.
  7. Welcomes the Lviv Statement and the Agreement with the Council of Europe establishing a Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression, and urges support for it.
  8. Calls on Russia to disclose identities, locations, and health conditions of all Ukrainian POWs and detained civilians, and to grant access to ICRC and UN bodies.
  9. Condemns unlawful detention of journalists, citing the case of Viktoriia Roshchyna, and calls for their release and an international mechanism to monitor their situation.
  10. Calls for further targeted sanctions on those responsible for detention and ill-treatment, and for increasing pressure on Russia's economy, including countering sanctions circumvention.
  11. Condemns recruitment of Cuban nationals into Russian forces, calls for an international investigation into transnational recruitment networks, and urges social media platforms to remove pro-Russian propaganda.

Who is affected

  • Ukrainian prisoners of war and detained civilians, including journalists and cultural figures, who are held by Russia.
  • Russian Federation, which is urged to release detainees, allow access, and face accountability.
  • EU and its member states, called on to support the Special Tribunal, impose sanctions, and provide military aid to Ukraine.
  • Cuban nationals recruited into Russian armed forces, and the Cuban government suspected of facilitating deployment.

Figures and deadlines

  • 268 Ukrainian POWs executed, including 208 on the battlefield and 59 in the 'Olenivka' colony.
  • More than 95% of Ukrainian POWs were tortured in Russia.
  • More than 70,000 Ukrainians listed as missing; more than 16,000 Ukrainian civilians held in Russian prisons.
  • As of June 2025, Russia has imprisoned 221 people in Crimea and Sevastopol, including 133 Crimean Tatars.
  • Over 5,600 Ukrainians documented as victims of torture in criminal proceedings.
  • Since early 2025, Russia launched nearly 27,700 guided aerial bombs, almost 11,200 Shahed drones, around 9,000 other attack drones, and more than 700 missiles.
  • In June 2025, Russia used around 2,800 attack drones, nearly 3,000 guided aerial bombs, and 140 missiles.
  • 13,341 civilians killed and 32,744 injured since the full-scale invasion; in May 2025 alone, 183 killed and 836 injured.