The PACE calls on its members to provide Ukraine with air defense

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe called on the member states to support Ukraine with weapons to defend itself in the war with Russia.

Militarnyi reports on this with reference to European Pravda.

The PACE initially planned to reject all amendments concerning the establishment of a no-fly zone, military assistance to Ukraine, etc., explaining that the Council of Europe does not care about security issues.

The PACE initially planned to reject all amendments concerning the establishment of a no-fly zone, military assistance to Ukraine, etc., explaining that the Council of Europe doesn’t oversee security issues.

However, after a lengthy discussion, the assembly also supported a compromise formula.

However, after a lengthy discussion, the PACE supported a compromise formula: the PACE called on all remaining states after Russia’s expulsion to “consider increasing their assistance to Ukraine in its efforts to strengthen the defense of its territory, including its airspace, to reduce casualties and tragic humanitarian consequences of Russia’s war of aggression.”

The PACE unanimously voted to expel the aggressor country, the Russian Federation, and officially recognize Transnistria as a zone of Russian occupation.