27/01/2026 | 11:51:31 Dear Secretary General, thank you for maintaining your focus on Ukraine. I wanted to stress that the scale of destruction of Ukraine is SO big that 2 million households lost their homes or their homes were damaged, and only 23 000 received certificates in order to buy new homes. And actually 25% of these homes were bought by the money of the European Council Development Bank. And this is 6 000 certificates, mostly internally displaced persons and veterans with disabilities. I would like to... 03/10/2025 | 10:58:18 Mister President, Dear colleagues, Today, we are considering an important report prepared by Mr Edmunds CEPURĪTIS, which, for the first time in this hemicycle, systematically addresses sexual violence against men and boys – a subject hidden for decades from public attention. The resolution urges us to abolish statutes of limitations for crimes against children, adopt a gender neutral definition of rape and provide specialised support services for victims. In Ukraine, the issue takes the most... 02/10/2025 | 10:49:12 Mister President, Ladies and Gentlemen Ladies and gentlemen, First of all, I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Iulian BULAI. You are a true friend of Ukraine and of Europe. Your report is a voice of truth and a call to action. Russia is not only threatening Ukraine. Its drones have violated the airspace of Estonia, Poland, Romania and Denmark. In response, Europe is uniting. Today, in Copenhagen, we are seeing a rehearsal of NATO's Article 5. Ten countries are providing security for the... 01/10/2025 | 16:14:49 Dear Madam President, Dear colleagues, I want to thank Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK for this important report on "Youth movements for democracy". It speaks about how young people across Europe are engaging in politics, participating in drafting resolutions, pioneering new forms of civic participation. This is wonderful. This is how democracy should work. But I must tell you about a different reality, the reality of Ukrainian youth. Our young people during war face challenges such as protecting their... 01/10/2025 | 11:55:37 Dear President, Dear colleagues, I thank Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK for such an important report. As a journalist herself, Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK's work in international institutions on protecting journalists is very vital. It is clear to us that Russia’s war against Ukraine is also a war against truth. That’s why journalists are deliberately targeted. We must speak here about Ukrainian prisoners of war who are tortured and denied access in Russian jails, but also about a silent crisis: at least 16... 26/06/2025 | 17:04:50 Madam President, Dear colleagues, Firstly thank you to the rapporteur, our colleague Ms Maryna BARDINA, for bringing reality into this assembly. This report speaks the truth plainly and with the weight of lived experience behind it. I especially appreciate this report, the most pragmatic report I have ever seen on this issue, that it was authored by Ukrainian women because we know what transformation look like when women are trusted, trusted when institutions adopt. I speak today as a member... 26/06/2025 | 11:46:30 President, dear colleagues, Madam Rapporteur, This is an important and human-focused report. As a Ukrainian, I understand displacement and migration not only as a crisis, but as a test of humanity. We also understand the power of civil society and how essential it is to empower local actors, municipalities, NGOs, with tools, funding and the recognition they need. Those who respond to the crisis are not always national governments, but often local communities, NGOs and frontline service... 25/06/2025 | 17:42:47 Mr President, dear colleagues, this debate reminds us that continued hostilities, obstructions of ceasefire, hostage-taking and denial of humanitarian aid only deepen suffering in the Middle East, in Ukraine and beyond. We must respond with decisive political and humanitarian actions. Conflicts in the Middle East, Indo-Pacific tension and African escalations form one global chain with Russian influence at the centre. Crises benefit Moscow in energy market directly fuelling the Russian war... 24/06/2025 | 17:26:15 Mr President, honourable colleagues, first, I sincerely thank our rapporteurs Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS and Ms Yelyzaveta YASKO for your moral clarity, deep commitment to truth, and political and personal courage. To you, Yelyzaveta, for your personal courage to become a mum during the war and for your personal courage to work on such an important topic of repatriating and the release of prisoners of war. Eerik, who only in the last two months was twice in Ukraine, working, permanently working... 10/04/2025 | 10:23:56 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank the rapporteur for such an important report. Big thanks to Ms Yuliia OVCHYNNYKOVA. She did a very good job. And actually I must say that she has done a big job to contribute to development of this draft Convention for protecting the environment. And Yuliia dedicated all her life to science, environmental protection. I dare say that she is not only the best specialist in our parliament, but the Assembly too in the environmental...