The situation of Ukrainian soldiers who became disabled as a result of hostilities

Motion for a resolution | Doc. 16063 | 08 October 2024

Signatories:

Mr Jan Filip LIBICKI, Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Lulzim BASHA, Albania, EPP/CD ; Ms Magdalena BIEJAT, Poland, SOC ; Ms Larysa BILOZIR, Ukraine, ALDE ; Lord David BLENCATHRA, United Kingdom, EC/DA ; Mr Marek BOROWSKI, Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Christophe BRICO, Monaco, EPP/CD ; Mr Christian BUCHMANN, Austria, EPP/CD ; Mr Konrad FRYSZTAK, Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Patryk JASKULSKI, Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Serhii KALCHENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Yuriy KAMELCHUK, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Saskia KLUIT, Netherlands, SOC ; Ms Iryna KONSTANKEVYCH, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK, Ukraine, ALDE ; Ms Carmen LEYTE, Spain, EPP/CD ; Ms Olena MOSHENETS, Ukraine, ALDE ; Ms Wanda NOWICKA, Poland, SOC ; Ms Marija PETRUSHEVSKA, North Macedonia, EPP/CD ; Ms Agnieszka POMASKA, Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Marcin ROMANOWSKI, Poland, EC/DA ; Mr Serhii SOBOLIEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Georgios STAMATIS, Greece, EPP/CD ; Ms Liliana TANGUY, France, ALDE ; Mr Rostyslav TISTYK, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Lesia VASYLENKO, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Markus WIECHEL, Sweden, EC/DA ; Ms Lesia ZABURANNA, Ukraine, ALDE

This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only those who have signed it.

According to data from the Ukrainian Government, since the beginning of the Russian Federation’s war of aggression, a total of 18 251 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have suffered various types of irreversible disabilities. There are 1 368 soldiers with extreme disabilities (“first degree”).

Unfortunately, these soldiers will all have lifelong disabilities and require various types of health care, as well as mental health and social support. This generates many challenges in terms of their effective adaptation, reintegration, labour rights, social benefits and other types of social support.

The Parliamentary Assembly should prepare a report focusing on the necessary substantive and financial support to be provided to Ukrainian soldiers who became disabled as a result of hostilities.