russia’s attacks extend beyond Ukraine and threaten all of Europe — PACE resolution

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution on October 2, 2025, according to Yevheniia Kravchuk, a member of the Verkhovna Rada, deputy chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy, and a member of Ukraine’s permanent delegation to PACE.

“PACE adopted a highly relevant resolution by Romanian colleague Iulian Bulai (ALDE)entitled ‘russia: new threats to European democracies,’” Kravchuk wrote on her Facebook page.

Unanimously approving a resolution, the Assembly set out a wide-ranging series of steps to defeat russia’s strategy of destabilising European democracies using “force, fear and foreign influence.”

The document states that russia is not only waging a full-scale war against Ukraine, but has also launched hybrid attacks against the whole of Europe — from cyberattacks and disinformation to interference in elections in Moldova, Romania, and Poland. The Kremlin is trying to destroy the unity of the European Union and NATO, as well as deepening military ties with Iran, North Korea, and Belarus, Kravchuk clarified.

The Assembly expressed concern about the increasing number of incursions by drones and russian military aircraft into the airspace of Council of Europe member states. In September 2025 alone, Estonia, Poland, and Romania identified deliberate violations of their airspace. This prompted the Estonian and Polish authorities to initiate consultations under Article 4 of the NATO Treaty.

Drone activity near critical infrastructure in Denmark and Germany forced temporary airport closures.

The PACE resolution emphasized that:

The European community must demonstrate unwavering unity in supporting Ukraine and ensuring a just and lasting peace;

No peace negotiations can take place without Ukraine’s participation and without respect for its sovereign right to determine its own future, including its European integration course and membership in other international organizations, in particular NATO, as Ukraine also has the sovereign right to choose its own security measures;

PACE members condemned russia’s deployment of an information war through state media and russian cultural centers, which are used to destabilize political systems, distort public opinion, and undermine democratic processes in the EU.

In a separate section, the resolution called on Council of Europe member states and partner countries to act without delay to establish an international architecture of accountability:

work urgently on the creation of and accession to the Extended Partial Agreement on the Management Committee of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine;

conclude cooperation agreements with the future Special Tribunal;

work on the adoption and opening for signature of the Convention on the Establishment of an International Commission for the Examination of Applications for Ukraine;

intensify efforts to establish an international compensation fund to be financed from frozen russian state assets.

Moreover, the PACE called for tougher sanctions against russia and its allies, in particular:

renewing efforts to reduce sanctions circumvention schemes, including through secondary sanctions;

expanding the list of sanctioned individuals and entities to include all senior financial officials, all russian banks, and the shadow fleet;

increasing the sectoral scope of sanctions by targeting dual-use technology supply chains, machinery, and equipment;

further lowering price caps on oil and strengthening energy sanctions.

The resolution called for continuing to strengthen Ukraine’s defense capabilities and increasing investment in Ukraine’s security and defense sectors.

Source: ZMINA