The European Union and its Member States, in a statement delivered at the 101st Joint Forum for Security Co-operation and Permanent Council meeting of the OSCE on 15 July 2026, resolutely condemned Russia's illegal, unprovoked and unjustifiable war of aggression against Ukraine, calling for an immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all Russian forces from Ukraine's internationally recognised territory. The statement, published by the EEAS on 17 July 2026, drew on recent independent reports to detail the human cost of the conflict, including a United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission report that highlighted serious human rights consequences from Russia's large-scale missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and surrounding regions, noting a further escalation in civilian harm from daily long-range weapons use. The EU also referenced a Moscow Mechanism report on the militarisation and indoctrination of Ukrainian children, which documented pre-military preparation through cadet classes and military-patriotic youth organisations, including structured weapons and UAV training for children aged 14–18, and the issuance of pre-conscription notices to Ukrainian boys in occupied territories as early as age 16, in violation of international law. The EU called on Russia to implement the report's recommendations without delay. The statement reaffirmed the EU's multi-faceted support to Ukraine—political, financial, economic, humanitarian, military and diplomatic—and commitment to helping protect Ukraine's skies with additional air defence and missile interception support. It also condemned the deployment of DPRK military forces in the war and continued military support to Russia by Belarus, Iran and the DPRK, and urged all countries to cease any direct or indirect assistance to Russia's aggression, including the provision of dual-use goods and components. The EU strongly condemned repeated breaches of the airspace of its Member States and neighbouring countries, most recently the Republic of Moldova, and expressed full solidarity with affected countries. The statement was aligned with Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway and Ukraine.
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