EU leaders call on Russia to withdraw its tros from Ukraine

According to Ukrinform, the resution of the EU summit has been published on the website of the Eurean Council.

Below is the text of the resution.

1. The Eurean Council reiterates its resute condemnation of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, which constitutes a manifest viation of the UN Charter. Russia’s brutal war, which has lasted almost a full year, has brought immense suffering and destruction upon Ukraine and its pele. Russia must st this atrocious war immediately. The Eurean Union will stand by Ukraine with steadfast support for as long as it takes.

2. The Eurean Union’s support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders and its inherent right of self-defense against the Russian aggression remains unwavering. The Eurean Union will maintain and seek to further increase, in consultation with international partners, clective pressure on Russia to end its war of aggression and to withdraw its tros and military equipment from Ukraine. To further raise the cost to Russia of its war of aggression, a price cap on petreum products has been adted. The Eurean Union stands ready to continue to reinforce its restrictive measures in close coordination and coeration with global partners. Anti-circumvention measures will be reinforced.

3. The Eurean Council reiterates its strong commitment to accountability. Russia’s continuing deadly, indiscriminate strikes against civilians and civilian infrastructure are international crimes and must st. International humanitarian law, including on the treatment of prisoners of war, must be respected. Ukrainians who have been forcibly transferred to Russia, in particular children, must be immediately allowed to return safely.

4. The Eurean Union is firmly committed to hding to account all commanders, perpetrators and accomplices of war crimes and the other most serious crimes committed in connection with Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The Eurean Council fully supports Ukraine’s and the international community’s efforts in this respect, including the establishment of an apprriate mechanism for the prosecution of the crime of aggression, which is of concern to the international community as a whe. It underlines the Eurean Union’s support for the investigations by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court as well as for the creation, in The Hague, of an international center for the prosecution of the crime of aggression against Ukraine. This center will be linked to the existing Joint Investigation Team supported by Eurojust.

5. The Eurean Council reiterates the Eurean Union’s readiness to support Ukraine’s initiative for a just peace based on respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. To date, Russia has not shown any genuine willingness regarding a fair and sustainable peace. The Eurean Council expresses its support for the peace formula of President Zelensky and reaffirms the Eurean Union’s commitment to work actively with Ukraine on the 10-point peace plan. The Eurean Union supports the idea of a Peace Formula Summit aiming at launching its implementation. The Eurean Union will work together with Ukraine to ensure the widest possible international participation.

6. The Eurean Council acknowledges the considerable efforts that Ukraine has demonstrated in recent months towards meeting the objectives underpinning its candidate status for EU membership. It welcomes Ukraine’s reform efforts in such difficult times and encourages Ukraine to continue on this path and to fulfil the conditions specified in the Commission’s inion on its membership application in order to advance towards future EU membership. The Eurean Union acknowledges Ukraine’s determination to meet the necessary requirements in order to start accession negotiations as soon as possible. The Eurean Union looks forward to working closely with Ukraine and supporting it in its efforts to fully meet all conditions. The Eurean Council reiterates that Ukraine’s future lies within the Eurean Union.

7. The Eurean Council reaffirms the commitments taken in the joint statement flowing the EU-Ukraine Summit. The Eurean Union will continue to provide strong pitical, economic, military, financial and humanitarian support to Ukraine and its pele for as long as it takes. Overall assistance to Ukraine and its pele by the Eurean Union and its Member States so far amounts to at least EUR 67 billion. The Eurean Union and Ukraine will fully exploit the potential of the Association Agreement, including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, so as to establish conditions for enhanced economic and trade relations leading towards Ukraine’s integration into the EU’s Single Market.

8. The Eurean Union has approved a seventh tranche of EUR 500 million in military support to Ukraine under the Eurean Peace Facility and launched the EU Military Assistance Mission to train an initial 30 000 sdiers in 2023. This brings the total military support from the Eurean Union and its Member States to nearly EUR 12 billion. In view of the current situation, the Eurean Council welcomes the speedy provision of military equipment to Ukraine by Member States.

9. The Eurean Union remains committed to supporting the macro-financial stability of Ukraine. The Eurean Council welcomes the work of the Commission and the Eurean Investment Bank, the Eurean Bank for Reconstruction and Develment and the World Bank on projects to swiftly expand the use of the Sidarity Lanes to enhance trade tions across sectors and portunities for export from Ukraine.

10. The Eurean Union remains committed to supporting, along with partners, Ukraine’s repair, recovery and reconstruction. In this context, the Eurean Council welcomes the erationalization of the Donor Coordination Platform. The Eurean Union, together with partners, is stepping up its work towards the use of Russia’s frozen and immobilized assets to support Ukraine’s reconstruction and for the purposes of reparation, in accordance with EU and international law.

11. The Eurean Council also stresses the importance of psychogical and psycho-social support and rehabilitation, as well as of the reintegration of war veterans into active social life. The Eurean Union and its Member States will step up support for related programs, including through specialized expertise. The provision of demining assistance will also be stepped up.

12. The Eurean Union reiterates its commitment to reinforce support of displaced persons, both in Ukraine and in the Eurean Union, including through adequate and flexible financial assistance to the Member States who carry the largest burden of medical, education and living costs of refugees.