The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the European Union countries to remove restrictions on Ukraine's strikes on Russian territory, APA reports.
The text, adopted on Thursday 19 September with 425 votes in favour, 131 against and 63 abstentions, states that without lifting current restrictions, Ukraine cannot fully exercise its right to self-defence.
Parliament underlines that insufficient deliveries of ammunition and restrictions on their use risks offsetting the impact of efforts made to date, and deplores the declining volume of bilateral military aid to Ukraine by EU countries. They also restate their position that all EU countries and NATO allies should collectively and individually commit to annual military support for Ukraine militarily of no less than 0.25% of their GDP.
The resolution calls for EU member states to maintain and extend the Council’s sanctions policy against Russia, Belarus, and non-EU countries and entities providing Russia with military and dual-use technologies. MEPs condemn the recent transfer of ballistic missiles by Iran to Russia and call for strengthened sanctions against both Tehran and North Korea. They also want to see more Chinese individuals and entities added to the EU sanctions list as well as tougher measures to systematically tackle the issue of sanctions circumvention by EU-based companies, third parties, and non-EU countries.
Among the provisions of the document is the question of directing Russia's assets in the EU territory to the restoration of Ukraine.
The resolution imposed another obligation on EU member states. Thus, the text of the document states that these countries should seek ways to increase international support for Ukraine and find a peaceful solution to the conflict.
It was stated that any decision or resolution providing for the solution of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict should be based on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine without exception.
In addition to all this, the European Parliament called on the EU and its partners to develop legal mechanisms to confiscate frozen Russian assets and direct them to Ukraine.
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