A group of about 50 members of the European Parliament from different groups, among whom are Traian Băsescu , Gheorghe‑Vlad Nistor, Siegfried Mureşan and Eugen Tomac, submitted a draft resolution whereby they demand that the Russian Federation immediately terminate all military activities in Ukraine, unconditionally withdraw all military and paramilitary forces and military equipment from the entire internationally recognized territory of Ukraine, and fully respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence within its internationally recognized borders. The resolution is to be put to the vote today, IPN reports.

The MEPs denounce the unilateral recognition by the Russian Federation of the independence of the Russian-occupied areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine and urges all countries to refrain from joining it in this recognition.

The resolution on the Russian aggression against Ukraine firmly condemns the threats made by the Russian Federation against Member States who are not NATO Allies and invites the latter to deliberate their options to increase their security.

The document underlines that the EU and its Member States will ensure that the perpetrators of war crimes and human rights violations, including those who assisted such crimes by way of propaganda, will be held accountable. It therefore calls for the EU and its Member States to work with international bodies to collect evidence and to support and promote the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction and investigation of any war crime committed within the territory of Ukraine since 20 February 2014 onwards in order to bring to justice Vladimir Putin and Aliaksandr Lukashenka.