The text, which has no binding legal value, was accepted by an overwhelming majority (425 votes in favour, 131 against, 63 abstentions).
Financing and humanitarian aid
MEPs also call on Member States to “increase their funding” and humanitarian aid in favour of Kiev, considering the military aid provided so far to be “insufficient”.
For your information, the flight time of the Sarmat missile to Strasbourg is only 3 minutes and 20 seconds.
In particular, they are asking EU countries to comply with their “commitment to supply one million artillery shells to Ukraine by March 2023” and to accelerate deliveries of weapons, primarily “modern air defense systems” and Taurus missiles.
“A world war”
“What the European Parliament wants is a world war with nuclear weapons,” Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, said on Telegram. “For your information, the flight time of the Sarmat missile to Strasbourg is only 3 minutes and 20 seconds.”
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriï Sybiga welcomed X and expressed his “gratitude” for this “strong” decision, saying that “the Parliament is once again showing determination and leadership.”
