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Motion for a resolution - B10-0156/2025Motion for a resolution
B10-0156/2025

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTIONon continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggression

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to wind up the debate on the statements by the Council and the Commission
pursuant to Rule 136(2) of the Rules of Procedure

Yannis Maniatis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Thijs Reuten
on behalf of the S&D Group

See also joint motion for a resolutionRC-B10-0156/2025

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10‑0156/2025

European Ϸվ resolution on continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggression

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having regard to its previous resolutions on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine,

having regard to the Charter of the United Nations,

having regard to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC),

having regard to the Geneva Conventions,

having regard to Rule 136(2) of its Rules of Procedure,

A.whereas the Russian Federation has been waging an unprovoked, unjustified and illegal war of aggression against Ukraine since 24February2022, in continuation of previous aggressions since 2014, and continues to persistently violate the principles of the UN Charter through its acts of aggression against the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine and to blatantly and grossly violate international humanitarian law, as established by the Geneva Conventions of 1949;

B.whereas the UN General Assembly, in its resolution of 2March2022, immediately qualified the Russian war against Ukraine as an act of aggression in violation of Article2(4) of the UN Charter, and, in its resolution of 14November2022, recognised the need to hold the Russian Federation accountable for its war of aggression and legally and financially responsible for its internationally wrongful acts, including by making reparation for the injury and damage caused;

C.whereas the ICC has been conducting an investigation into the situation in Ukraine since 2March2022 and on 17March2023 issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, and Maria Lvova-Belova, so-called Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation, for the war crime of unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children; whereas the EU supports the establishment of a special tribunal for the crime of aggression;

D.whereas, in response to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the EU has adopted 16 sanctions packages of unprecedented scope against Russia, has provided over EUR67billion of support to Ukraine in the form of humanitarian and emergency assistance, budget support and macro-financial assistance, and over EUR48billion of military aid, has welcomed more than four million refugees from Ukraine and has expressed its support for the people of Ukraine and their leadership by launching negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU;

E.whereas the EU and its Member States, together with international partners and NATO allies, continue to provide substantial military support to Ukraine in order to assist it in exercising its legitimate right to self-defence, under Article51 of the UN Charter, against Russia’s aggression;

F.whereas, despite broad international condemnation of its war of aggression against Ukraine and unprecedented sanctions, the Russian political and military leadership, with the support of its regular army and proxies, continues to terrorise the people of Ukraine through indiscriminate attacks on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, targeted attacks on critical infrastructure, forced deportations and adoptions of deported children, mass killings, torture and rape;

1.Reaffirms its belief that Russia’s crime of aggression against Ukraine is a brutal attack against the peaceful life of European citizens in a sovereign country and against the principles of cooperation and security in Europe, as agreed under the 1975 Helsinki Final Act and the 1990 Charter of Paris for a New Europe, as well as a grave violation of international law and the UN Charter; emphasises that Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine threatens the security and stability, democracy and prosperity of the entire European continent in an unprecedented manner and therefore requires equally unprecedented actions in response;

2.Reiterates its condemnation of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and its demands that the Russian Federation immediately, completely and unconditionally cease its attacks on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, terminate all military activities in Ukraine, withdraw all military forces, proxies and military equipment from the entire internationally recognised territory of Ukraine, end forced deportations of Ukrainian civilians, release and return all detained Ukrainians, and permanently cease violating or threatening the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine;

3.Expresses its dismay that, after three full years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, efforts made so far have not yet been sufficient to end the aggression; urges the EU, its Member States and their international partners and transatlantic allies to undertake even more effective military, political and diplomatic efforts, and in particular to massively increase their military support to Ukraine in order to ultimately stop Russia’s war of aggression and allow Ukraine to liberate all its people, re-establish full control over its entire territory within its internationally recognised borders and deter any further aggression by Russia; underlines that the negative global consequences of any future Russian aggression far outweigh the military and financial commitment needed today to definitively end Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and deter future aggressions;

4.Reaffirms its commitment to supporting Ukraine’s desire for a just and lasting peace that must be based on full respect for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, the principles of international law, accountability for war crimes and the crime of aggression, and Russian payments for the massive damage caused in Ukraine, and that must effectively exclude any further aggression by Russia; urges the EU and its Member States to work with like-minded partners to ensure that peace negotiations take place in accordance with the above principles; recognises that peace negotiations will require compromises on both sides; underlines, however, that Russia’s aggression is unprovoked, unjustified and illegal, and that the EU, its Member States and all countries which adhere to the UN Charter must reject any compromise proposals that would further undermine the principles of international law and the rules-based international order;

5.Strongly disapproves of any attempts at blackmailing Ukraine’s leadership into surrendering to the Russian aggressor for the sole purpose of announcing a so-called peace deal; considers that Russia’s imperial aggression towards Ukraine, and other neighbouring and European countries, will not cease unless a fair and sustainable peace is reached in Ukraine; concludes that, taking into account Russia’s history of violating previous agreements and fundamental principles of international law, such a peace can only be reached through strength, including effective security guarantees;

6.Expresses its strong disapproval of the latest US statements, decisions and actions under the Trump administration, which derail previous efforts at ending Russia’s war of aggression, effectively undermine the security of Ukraine and therefore endanger the security of Europe and, instead, embolden the Russian aggressor, and furthermore jeopardise a decades-long transatlantic partnership based on common security and prosperity;

7.Notes the unwavering commitment of 26 EU Member States to Ukraine, but calls for the EU and its Member States to substantially enhance and accelerate military support to Ukraine in order to allow Ukraine to legitimately defend itself against Russia’s war of aggression and put Ukraine in the strongest possible position for negotiations about its future; underlines that Ukraine and its leadership must be empowered to resist and prevent further Russian attacks and reject hasty deals that weaken its security in the medium to long term and risk subjecting Ukraine and other countries, including EU Member States, to renewed Russian aggression;

8.Urges all Member States to immediately provide additional military assistance and to engage in joint procurement of additional capabilities, in particular ammunition for air defence and artillery; urges Member States and their defence industries to invest in and partner with the Ukrainian defence industry in order to maximise the full potential of its production capabilities so as to produce critical equipment in the most efficient way, as demonstrated by the ‘Danish model’; urges restrictions to be lifted on the use of Western weapons systems delivered to Ukraine against military targets on Russian territory as these are used to launch attacks against Ukraine’s population and critical civilian infrastructure;

9.Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to increase the effectiveness and impact of sanctions on Russia in order to definitively undermine Russia’s ability to continue waging its brutal war of aggression against Ukraine and threatening the security of other European countries; welcomes the 16th sanctions package of 24February2025 but calls for the preparation of the next sanctions package to begin already; calls in particular for a full embargo on imports of Russian fossil fuels and liquefied natural gas, as well as anti-circumvention measures, such as sanctions against non-EU countries and entities that provide Russia with military and dual-use goods and technologies; calls for further actions against the Russian ‘shadow fleet’, in the light of sanctions circumvention, sabotage of critical infrastructure and environmental risks;

10.Reiterates that Russia’s deliberate attacks on the civilian population of Ukraine, destruction of civilian infrastructure, use of sexual violence and rape as a weapon of war, deportation of thousands of Ukrainian citizens to the territory of the Russian Federation, forced transfer and adoption of Ukrainian children, and other serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law all constitute war crimes for which all perpetrators must be held accountable;

11.Emphasises its full support for the ongoing investigation by the Prosecutor of the ICC into the situation in Ukraine based on alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide; welcomes Ukraine’s ratification of the Rome Statute of the ICC, which allowed it to become a state party to it as of January 2025; in this context, expresses its utmost concern about the US sanctions against the ICC, its prosecutors, judges and staff, which constitute a serious attack on the international justice system; calls on the Commission to urgently activate the Blocking Statute and on the Member States to urgently increase their diplomatic efforts in order to protect and safeguard the ICC as an indispensable cornerstone of the international justice system; reiterates its full support for the establishment of a special tribunal to investigate and prosecute the crime of aggression committed by the leadership of the Russian Federation against Ukraine;

12.Reiterates its firm conviction that Russia must pay for the massive damage caused in Ukraine and therefore calls for the confiscation of Russian state assets immobilised under EU sanctions and their use to support Ukraine’s defence and reconstruction;

13.Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the President, Government and Ϸվ of Ukraine.

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