PACE adopts resolution supporting Ukraine’s Peace Formula and country's NATO membership

This was reported by Ukrainian delegate to the Council of Europe, Ukrainian MP Yevheniya Kravchuk.

80 members of the PACE supported the resolution calling on the COE member states that are NATO members to support Ukraine's accession to the Alliance, as well as supporting Kyiv's Peace Formula and welcoming the creation of the Register of Damage Caused by Russian Aggression.

The Council of Europe's resolution also condemns the destruction of the Kahovka dam and confirms that the Russian leadership "recklessly threatens nuclear war and uses the occupation of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant for blackmail purposes."

Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe also call for continued work on establishing an international compensation mechanism and a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Russian Aggression, as well as increasing sanctions pressure and international isolation of the aggressor state.

The document also calls for the prosecution of all private military companies and Russia's allies who commit crimes on the territory of Ukraine. It also calls for the creation of a public register of companies and individuals working in the interests of Russia and involved in the circumvention of sanctions.

• Furthermore, on June 22, the Parliamentary Assembly adopted a resolution on the non-admission of Russia and Belarus to the 2024 Olympic Games, even under a neutral flag. 

• On April 27, PACE recognized the deportation of Ukrainian children and adults to Russia as a genocide.

• Earlier, on January 26, PACE stated that both the Russian and Belarusian leaders should face justice for the aggression in Ukraine.