The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine welcomes the adoption by the overwhelming majority of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly of two important resolutions, which testified to the fact of the Russian military aggression against our country and recognition by the international community of unlawfulness of detention of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia.

The Resolution on "The Continuation of Clear, Gross and Uncorrected Violations of OSCE Commitments and International Norms by the Russian Federation" contributes to recognition of Russia’s actions in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, as well as in certain parts of Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts of Ukraine, as acts of military aggression against Ukraine. The document was co-sponsored by Head of the Permanent delegation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the OSCE PA Arthur Gerasimov and Head of the delegation of Canada to the OSCE PA Dean Allison.

The resolution on "Abducted and illegally detained Ukrainian citizens in the Russian Federation", initiated by member of the Delegation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the OSCE PA, member of Ukrainian Parliament Ostap  Semerak, calls for immediate release of Nadiya Savchenko, Oleg Sentsov and other Ukrainian citizens illegally detained in Russia