Changes from resolution motion to resolution motion joint

Added1. Condemns, in the strongest possible terms, Russia’s unprovoked, illegal and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine; demands that Russia immediately cease all military activities in Ukraine, fully withdraw from Ukraine’s internationally recognised territory, end forced deportations, release all detained and deported Ukrainians and compensate Ukraine and victims of war crimes; reiterates its condemnation of Belarus’s direct involvement in Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine;

Removed2. Strongly deplores Russia’s indiscriminate attacks on Ukraine’s civilian areas, including its systematic drone attacks, which are a part of a coordinated state policy, and expresses its strongest condemnation of Russia’s blatant disregard for human life;

Added2. Confirms its unwavering commitment to the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, within its internationally recognised borders and reiterates its policy of non-recognition of Ukrainian territories temporarily occupied by Russia; strongly underlines Ukraine’s inherent right to self-defence, in line with Article 51 of the UN Charter, which entails the right to strike military targets on Russian soil;

Removed3. Highlights the need to ensure a stable, predictable and timely supply of weapons and ammunition in larger quantities to Ukraine in order to increase Ukraine’s capabilities to defend itself and its citizens;

Added3. Reaffirms its unwavering solidarity with the people of Ukraine in their heroic defence of their nation, their land, and our shared European values; reiterates its belief that a strong, independent and democratic Ukraine is vital for Europe’s security, stability and prosperity; calls for the EU and all its 27 Member States to substantially enhance the effectiveness and accelerate the delivery of military support to Ukraine in order to allow Ukraine to legitimately defend itself against Russia’s escalating attacks on cities and civilian infrastructure across the country, and to put Ukraine in the strongest possible position for negotiations;

Removed4. Urges the Russian Federation to immediately agree to and implement a comprehensive ‘all-for-all’ exchange of POWs with Ukraine, in accordance with its obligations under international humanitarian law and the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War; stresses that such an exchange is a humanitarian imperative and a vital step towards alleviating the suffering of detainees and their families; calls for the EU and its international partners to exert pressure on Moscow in order to facilitate this process;

Added4. Condemns Vladimir Putin’s ongoing revisionist and imperialist rhetoric and ideology, and treacherous propaganda; denounces the systematic attempts by the Russian Government to erase Ukraine’s history, culture, language and identity;

Removed5. Strongly condemns the systematic execution of Ukrainian POWs by Russian forces as a grave and egregious violation of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War and of international humanitarian law; calls for accountability at all levels, including political and military leadership; calls for increased support to Ukrainian and international judicial bodies documenting and prosecuting these atrocities;

Added5. Stresses that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has shattered peace and stability in Europe and gravely undermined global security; underscores that Russia remains the most significant and direct threat to European security;

Removed6. Demands an immediate end to all atrocities committed by Russian forces in Ukraine and calls for independent, impartial and international investigations to ensure that all perpetrators – including those who directly carried out abuses and those who ordered or enabled them – are held fully accountable; underlines that, together with its international partners, the EU will ensure that all those responsible – at every level of the Russian state – face justice;

Added6. Strongly condemns the execution of Ukrainian POWs by Russian forces, constituting war crimes and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions;

Removed7. Urges the Russian Federation to immediately release the imprisoned Ukrainian civilians, including artists, military orchestra musicians, journalists and other civil society representatives;

Added7. Reiterates that Russia bears sole responsibility for its war of aggression and that there can be no impunity for violations of human rights, war crimes, or other breaches of international law committed by Russian forces and officials; expresses deep outrage at Russia’s brutal attacks on civilians and the indiscriminate targeting of civilian infrastructure; stresses that the systematic and deliberate targeting of civilians and, in particular, the deportation of children may constitute a genocidal strategy orchestrated and executed by the Russian Government;

Removed8. Welcomes the Joint Lviv Statement of 9 May 2025 and the conclusion of the technical and legal work of the Core Group, which marks a decisive milestone in the creation of a Special Tribunal within the framework of the Council of Europe;

Added8. Fully supports the ICC’s ongoing investigations into the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Russia; welcomes the recent agreement between the Council of Europe and Ukraine on the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine; emphasises that all those responsible for war crimes perpetrated in Ukraine must be held accountable and stresses that justice is essential for any sustainable peace; expresses its utmost concern about the US sanctions on the ICC and its prosecutors, judges and staff, which undermine all its ongoing investigative and prosecutorial work and constitute a serious attack on the system of international justice; calls on the Commission to urgently activate the Blocking Statute and on the Member States to urgently step up their diplomatic efforts in order to protect and safeguard the ICC as an indispensable cornerstone of the system of international justice;

Removed9. Supports the 25 June 2025 Agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe and welcomes the adoption of the Statute of the Special Tribunal, which ensures the Tribunal’s independence, jurisdiction, and capacity to hold high-ranking state officials accountable for the crime of aggression;

Added9. Reiterates its condemnation of Russia’s forcible deportation, illegal detention and inhumane treatment of countless Ukrainian civilians; demands that Russia immediately provide families with accurate information regarding the whereabouts and state of health of detainees and calls for the immediate release of all the Ukrainian civilians currently held captive by the Russian authorities; underscores that the forced displacement, unlawful detention and mistreatment of Ukrainian civilians exemplify the intrinsic brutality of the Russian regime and its flagrant disregard for human life; strongly condemns the gruesome tactics deployed by the Russian authorities against both Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war; deplores the wide and systematic use of terror in Ukraine’s occupied territories, aimed at intimidating the civilian population, stifling resistance and political dissent, suppressing civic activism and eradicating the Ukrainian language and national identity;

Removed10. Stresses that the Special Tribunal is a necessary and complementary mechanism to the International Criminal Court, enabling the prosecution of crimes committed by the aggressor against Ukraine and its population;

Added10. Condemns the ongoing persecution of Crimean Tatars in illegally occupied Crimea, including politically motivated detentions, torture, enforced disappearances and restrictions on freedom of religion, expression and association; calls for the immediate release of all Crimean Tatars imprisoned on political grounds and urges the EU and international organisations to enhance monitoring and advocacy on behalf of the indigenous people of Crimea;

Removed11. Urges all Member States, the Council, the Commission, the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the candidate countries and democratic partners to support the Tribunal; highlights the need for legal assistance, diplomatic engagement and operational resources to make accountability for the crime of aggression an enduring pillar of the EU’s foreign and security policy;

Added11. Urges Russia to immediately agree to and implement a comprehensive ‘all-for-all’ exchange of POWs with Ukraine, in accordance with its obligations under international humanitarian law and the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War;

Removed12. Calls on the Russian Federation to immediately disclose the identities, locations and health conditions of all Ukrainian prisoners of war and detained civilians, and to grant full, immediate and unimpeded access to the ICRC, UN bodies and other impartial international observers;

Added12. Strongly condemns Russia’s violent actions and the complicity of Belarus in the mistreatment of Ukrainian children, including murder, torture and criminal prosecution, forced transfer and deportation, sexual abuse and exploitation, forced Russification and militarisation; denounces the forced imposition of Russian citizenship on deported children and their state-sponsored adoption by Russian families as part of a deliberate policy of forced assimilation; regrets that the EU was unable to help Yale’s HRL secure sufficient funding; calls on its Member States to closely cooperate with and support the Ukrainian authorities and local and international non-governmental organisations in their efforts to document all missing and deported Ukrainian children, determine their whereabouts and repatriate them in order to promptly reunite them with their parents or legal guardians; reiterates that the deportation of Ukrainian children is a grave violation of international humanitarian law, in particular of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, and constitutes a war crime; urges the EU to hold those responsible to account and to sanction individuals and entities implicated in these crimes;

Removed13. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the unlawful detention of Ukrainian civilian journalists by the Russian Federation; recalls in this context the horrific case of journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna; considers such acts a direct assault on press freedom, democratic values and international law; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all journalists held in Russian custody and stresses that their continued detention constitutes a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions;

Added13. Demands that, in line with its obligations under the respective Geneva Conventions, Russia grant the ICRC immediate access to POW camps and other sites where Ukrainian soldiers or civilians are being held captive; notes the marked difference in the way Ukraine and Russia have treated the POWs they hold, with Ukrainian military personnel having been severely tortured, maltreated and malnourished, in violation of the laws of war and international humanitarian law;

Removed14. Urges the EU and its Member States to support the creation of an independent international investigative mechanism or the appointment of a Special Rapporteur under the auspices of the UN, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, or the Council of Europe to monitor the situation of detained journalists in Russian-occupied territories; calls for this mechanism to collect evidence, assess detention conditions and advocate for accountability, in line with the EU’s commitment to press freedom and the rule of law;

Added14. Reiterates its call for the EU and its Member States to increase humanitarian and rehabilitation assistance for victims of Russian captivity, including access to medical and psychological care, reintegration services and legal assistance; commends Ukrainian and international civil society organisations for supporting families of abducted Ukrainian children, POWs and illegally detained civilians;

Removed15. Urges the EU and its Member States to impose further targeted sanctions on individuals and entities responsible for or complicit in the unlawful detention and ill treatment of Ukrainian detainees and the obstruction of humanitarian access to them;

Added15. Reaffirms the EU’s steadfast commitment to the reconstruction of Ukraine and reiterates its readiness to contribute to rebuilding Ukraine’s economy and infrastructure; stresses the strategic importance of the Ukraine Facility in reinforcing Ukraine’s resilience, accelerating its recovery, and supporting its path towards sustainable development and EU membership; 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 or otherwise for their use to support Ukraine’s defence and reconstruction; underlines its conviction that various legal pathways to do so are available and that lack of action is an inexcusable failure on the part of European governments;

Removed16. Demands that the EU further increase the pressure of sanctions against the aggressor by targeting key sections of the Russian economy, countering sanctions’ circumvention that significantly lowers the oil price cap on Russian oil, and further limiting Russia’s access to high-tech components and equipment manufactured abroad, among other things;

Added16. Condemns the Russian State Duma’s protocol adopted on 24 June 2025 allowing the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization to deploy their troops on the territory of other members in the event of armed conflict, threats, crisis situations and military exercises; condemns this step as a clear attempt by Russia to further scale up its relentless attacks on Ukraine by forcibly mobilising troops from neighbouring and allied states;

Removed17. Underlines that it is unacceptable that, in the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Russian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles used in attacks continue to rely heavily on Western-manufactured components; calls on the international community to actively support and join Ukrainian investigations into such cases, and to step up efforts to dismantle the chain of intermediaries through which the Russian Federation obtains critical technologies;

Added17. Strongly condemns the recruitment and deployment of Cuban soldiers in addition to the involvement of North Korean troops;

Removed18. Strongly condemns the confirmed recruitment and deployment of Cuban nationals, including through deception and coercion, into the ranks of the Russian armed forces, notably in units such as the 106th Airborne Division; notes that, after North Korean soldiers, Cuban nationals represent the second-largest foreign contingent within the aggressor’s army; calls for an urgent international investigation into Russian transnational recruitment and trafficking networks, including those operating between Russia and Cuba, which exploit vulnerable individuals under false pretences of employment and ultimately lead them into forced military conscription; urges social media platforms to remove content linked to pro-Russian propaganda and so-called assistance for enlistment; underlines growing suspicions that the Havana Government is silently facilitating the deployment of mercenaries to the war and may even be directly sending its own security personnel, thereby supporting its long-standing partner in the conflict in exchange for substantial financial compensation per mercenary; warns that the case of Cuba sets a dangerous precedent and should serve as a stark warning to other states or actors considering similar vicious engagements;

Added18. Urges all Member States to immediately provide further military assistance and to engage in joint procurement of additional capabilities, in particular air defence, long range strike and artillery systems and ammunition; in that regard, urges all Member States to devote a significant part of their SAFE Defence Investment Plans to assistance for Ukraine; urges the Member States and their defence industries to invest in and partner with the Ukrainian defence industry, including through additional investments and setting up joint ventures, in order to maximise the full potential of its production capabilities to produce critical equipment in the most efficient way;

Removed19. Expresses unwavering solidarity with the Ukrainian people and reaffirms its commitment to achieving justice for victims of aggression and unlawful detention, as an essential foundation for a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine;

Added19. Recalls the bold statements by several EU Heads of State and Government that Russia’s failure to agree to the US-proposed 30-day ceasefire would be met with severely enhanced sanctions and therefore urges the Council, the Commission and the Member States to follow-up on their declarations and substantially increase the effectiveness and impact of sanctions on Russia; welcomes the seventeenth sanctions package of 20 May 2025 but urges the Member States to adopt the next sanctions package without further delay; underlines that there is a current strategic imperative to act boldly now; stresses that the negative global security and economic 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, to deter further Russian aggression and achieve a just, fair and lasting peace; resolutely calls on the EU Member States to stop their shameful business as usual approach and instead act with a renewed sense of urgency and purpose;

Removed20. 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, the President, Government and Parliament of Ukraine, and the Russian authorities.

Added20. Believes that in order to pressure Russia to end its war of aggression, beginning with a sustained ceasefire, substantially more effective military, economic, political and diplomatic efforts and measures must be applied by the EU and like-minded partners; calls for all necessary steps to be taken to avoid the circumvention of sanctions, in particular by targeting Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ vessels; calls for a full ban on Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), oil and raw materials, and interim measures to minimise Russia’s ability to pay for its war of aggression through energy exports, including a lower oil price cap and the introduction of an LNG price cap; underlines the importance of adopting the 18th sanctions package without further delay; calls on the Member States that are blocking the adoption of the latest sanctions package to follow other Member States, which have successfully found alternative sources for oil and gas deliveries; underlines that it is unacceptable that, in the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Russian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles used in attacks continue to rely heavily on Western-manufactured components;

Added21. Recalls that the overall support for Ukraine must be sufficient to stop Russia’s war of aggression and allow Ukraine to liberate all its people, re-establish full control over its territory within its internationally recognised borders and deter any further aggression by Russia; recalls that Europe has already supported Ukraine with EUR 50 billion in military aid, but underlines that further assistance is required and that such support now depends largely on Europe itself; urges the Member States to provide more arms and ammunition to Ukraine before any negotiations are concluded; denounces any attempts to pressure Ukraine to cede occupied territory, in which the population is exposed to continued repression, violence, forced disappearances, illegal detentions, deportations and other forms of systematic terror;

Added22. Calls on the EU to impose personal sanctions against Russian officials responsible for violence and torture against imprisoned and detained Ukrainians;

Added23. Expresses its full support for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, based on terms determined by Ukraine and acceptable to its people; stresses that any agreement must uphold Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, prevent Russia from rearming and guarantee Ukraine’s long-term security; insists on accountability for war crimes and on reparations; underlines that peace negotiations must be preceded by an unconditional ceasefire;

Added24. Stresses that in the light of the shift in the US stance on Russia’s war of aggression, the EU and its Member States must remain Ukraine’s primary strategic allies and should reinforce their leadership role in supporting Ukraine’s struggle for sovereignty, peace and justice; calls for the EU and its Member States to work towards maintaining the broadest possible international support for Ukraine, including through building coalitions with like-minded non-EU partners;

Added25. 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 Cooperation in Europe, the President, Government and Parliament of Ukraine, and to the authorities of Russia and Belarus.