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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2024/2526(RSP))

On the need for unwavering support for Ukraine, after two years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine

B-9-2024-0156

on behalf of the Renew Group · Rapporteur: Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Olivier Chastel, Bernard Guetta, Engin Eroglu, Vlad Gheorghe, Martin Hojsík, Karin Karlsbro, Michael Kauch, Moritz Körner, Georgios Kyrtsos, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Karen Melchior, Jozef Mihál, Javier Nart, JanChristoph Oetjen, Urmas Paet, Dragoş Pîslaru, Catharina Rinzema, Ramona Strugariu, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Dragoş Tudorache, Hilde Vautmans, Michal Wiezik

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Parliament's resolution restates support for Ukraine two years after Russia's full-scale invasion and calls on Russia to stop all military activity and withdraw from Ukraine's internationally recognised territory. It asks the EU and member states to keep backing Ukraine's EU accession, recovery and reconstruction, and welcomes the EUR 50 billion Ukraine Facility. It calls for more sanctions on Russia and Belarus, action against sanctions circumvention, and legal routes to confiscate frozen Russian assets for Ukraine's reconstruction. It demands accountability for war crimes, including a special tribunal, and condemns the deportation of Ukrainian civilians and children and the torture and killing of prisoners of war. It says EU military support so far has not been sufficient and urges more weapons, ammunition and air defence, fuller use of the European Peace Facility and stronger EU defence capabilities with NATO. It calls for coordinated humanitarian and reconstruction aid, demining, countering Russian disinformation and hybrid threats, and rejects Russia's planned elections on occupied Ukrainian territory.

Key points

  1. Parliament pays tribute to the people of Ukraine for defending the country's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
  2. It condemns Russia's war of aggression and calls on Russia to immediately end all military activities and unconditionally withdraw all forces and equipment from Ukraine's entire internationally recognised territory.
  3. It reaffirms support for Ukraine until full restoration and control of its internationally recognised borders and throughout recovery and reconstruction.
  4. It encourages the EU and member states to give Ukraine more support on its accession path, including technical expertise, capacity-building and institutional reforms.
  5. It calls for full accountability for crimes committed during the war, including a special tribunal, and welcomes the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression in Ukraine and cooperation between Eurojust, Europol, member states and Ukrainian authorities.
  6. It condemns the forcible deportation of Ukrainian civilians and children to Russia and Belarus, urges efforts to secure their return, and calls for targeted sanctions on those responsible for the forcible transfer and illegal adoption of Ukrainian children.
  7. It condemns the torture and killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war, calls for an independent investigation and prosecution, and calls for more prisoner exchanges.
  8. It raises concern about the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, supports a continued International Atomic Energy Agency presence there, and condemns environmental harm including the destruction of the Kakhovka dam.
  9. It condemns Russia's intention to hold presidential elections on temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory on 15-17 March 2024 and says it will not recognise the results.
  10. It calls for further substantial sanctions on Russia and Belarus, restrictions on imports of Russian oil, nuclear fuel and gas including liquefied natural gas, a sanctions circumvention prevention mechanism, and prosecution of those evading sanctions.
  11. It calls for legal avenues to confiscate frozen Russian assets and use them for Ukraine's reconstruction and compensation for victims.
  12. It backs Ukraine's EU membership, gradual integration into the single market, renewal of the suspension of import duties and quotas on Ukrainian exports, and prevention of unilateral actions such as border blockades.

Who is affected

  • Ukraine: the resolution backs its EU accession path, recovery, reconstruction and military needs.
  • Russia and Belarus: further sanctions and measures against sanctions circumvention are demanded.
  • EU member states: asked to increase military, financial and humanitarian support and to prosecute sanctions evasion.
  • The Commission, the EEAS and the Council: asked to act on sanctions, accession steps, strategic communication and accountability.
  • Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war held by Russia: the text demands their release and return, including children.

Figures and deadlines

  • 24 February 2022: date Russia re-launched its war of aggression against Ukraine.
  • more than 10 000 civilians killed and nearly 20 000 injured, per UN estimates.
  • USD 155 billion: documented damages to Ukraine's infrastructure as of January 2024.
  • USD 58.9 billion: damage to the housing stock, with almost 250 000 buildings damaged or destroyed.
  • USD 36.8 billion: damage to infrastructure; USD 13.1 billion: direct damage to industry and businesses.
  • EUR 50 billion: the Ukraine Facility for 2024-2027.
  • around EUR 28 billion: EU and member state military support to Ukraine so far.
  • 15-17 March 2024: dates of Russia's planned presidential elections on occupied Ukrainian territory.