MEPs, by 494 votes to 58, with 44 abstentions, argued that Moscow's military strikes on civilian targets such as energy infrastructure, hospitals, schools, and shelters violated international law.
An exclusive interview with a Member of European Parliament, Chair of the European Parliament Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, Member of the European Parliament Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee and Former Prime Minister of Lithuania Andrius Kubilius for the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency:
The Normandy format (Ukraine, Germany, France, Russia) does not bring real outcome in the settlement of the conflict in Donbas, therefore it is important for the EU and the United States to be present in the settlement formats, Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the European Parliament Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, Member of the European Parliament Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee and Former Prime Minister of Lithuania Andrius Kubilius has said.
Much of Europe is reliant on Russia for supplies of natural gas, and a host of circumstances have left much of the continent facing rocketing gas and electricity prices.
The Russian president has dismissed as “absolutely out of the question” suggestions Russia has been using gas supply as an economic weapon against Europe.