The Council of Europe is the third anniversary of the start of the Russia aggression war against Ukraine

Mark Third anniversary of the start of the full aggression of the Russian Federation against UkraineThe Ministers of the Minister (Ambassador) have held an extraordinary meeting that focuses on the Ukrainian civilians who are caught by the authorities of the Russian Federation. At this meeting a Ukrainian woman who was held in Donetsk The pre -judicial detention center released in October 2022 and the daughter of a Ukrainian citizen who was held in prison in prison informed her moving stories.

During their discussions, the MPs made attention to the steps that have already been taken, including the recent appointment of the special representative on the situation of the children of Ukraine (see also the report of the Secretary General “Three years of Russia aggression war – Council of Council of Europe Support of Ukraine”).

They condemned the continuing practice of forced deportation, illegal adoption and the change in the self -determination of the Ukrainian children by the Russian authorities and demanded their immediate return.

In a number of decisions, the MPs undertook to capture the efforts to secure the release of the Ukrainian civilians who were held in captivity and demanded their immediate and unconditional release. They remembered that international humanitarian law prohibits the capture and attitude of civilians as hostages. They undertaken to blame the international law and international humanitarian law for crimes and violations.

The MPs will return to this topic and the specific measures to be taken to help the Ukrainian concentration of the aggression of the Russian Federation in connection with the preparation of the next meeting of the Ministerial Committee (May 13-14, 2025, Luxembourg) .

In the morning there was also a ceremony in front of the Palais de l'eU Europe, where the ambassador Patrick Engelberg, permanent representative of Luxembourg at the Council of Europe General Secretary Alain Berset, President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Theodoros Rousopoulos, and Ambassador Borys Tarasyuk, permanent representative of Ukraine The Council of Europe.

Most recently, an exhibition “for the will of a letter” by the Ukrainian artist Olena Morozova was started. It shows the life of civil prisoners who are recorded in Russian prisons by their correspondence with their families.