Together with our friends, colleagues and family in Europe and around the world, we stand in solidarity to condemn Russia’s unprecedented and unprovoked military aggression. Such behaviour is all the more appalling, coming from a permanent member of the UN Security Council whose responsibility is to uphold, not breach, international law and the rule of law.

Read the press statement of President Charles Michel of the European Council and President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission on Russia's unprecedented and unprovoked military aggression of Ukraine here.