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The head of the European Parliament's Defense Committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, has called on the German government and other EU countries to take further measures to improve the effectiveness of the U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets that have just arrived in Ukraine.

Members of the newly elected European Parliament today, during the first plenary session in Strasbourg in a secret vote elected Ursula von der Leyen as the next president of the European Commission for the period 2024-2029.

During the inaugural plenary session in Strasbourg, the new composition of the European Parliament adopted by a majority of votes the resolution on continuing support to Ukraine.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has congratulated Roberta Metsola on her re-election as President of the European Parliament.

On Wednesday morning, Belgian and French police officers went on a series of simultaneous raids targeting the offices of the European Parliament in Brussels and Strasbourg.

Ivanna Volochii, an ethnic Ukrainian currently running for the European Parliament as part of Latvia’s liberal party, who has extensive experience of working in the EU bodies, believes that the European Parliament of the new convocation may be less pro-Ukrainian, which politicians should already take into account.

At a meeting in Strasbourg, the European Parliament adopted a resolution "On Russia’s undemocratic presidential elections and their illegitimate extension to the occupied territories”.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with a delegation of the European Parliament's Renew Europe political group headed by the group's President Valérie Hayer.

A European Parliament committee will consider the agreement on a free trade area with Ukraine next week.

At a plenary meeting in Strasbourg, the European Parliament has approved the creation of the Ukraine Facility worth EUR 50 billion in the EU budget for 2024-2027, as delivered by the Members of the European Parliament, Michael Gahler and Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, and the proposals of the Council of the EU in this regard.

The upcoming European Parliament elections will not weaken support for Ukraine if Europeans' awareness of the danger posed by Russian President Vladimir Putin is reflected in their votes.

The leaders of the five leading political groups in the European Parliament called on the EU leaders to decide during the extraordinary European Council on February 1 on the creation of the Ukraine Facility in the EU budget for 2024-2027.

Members of the European Parliament have called on the heads of state and government of the EU countries to make a positive decision on Ukraine and start EU membership negotiations with the country.

Members of the European Parliament have adopted a resolution that demands the introduction of stricter control over compliance with EU sanctions against Russia that were introduced in response to its aggression against Ukraine.

At the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the MEPs overwhelmingly approved the proposals for the creation of the Ukrainian Facility at first reading.

Members of the European Parliament have backed the Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP) to increase the capabilities of the European defense industry, including for the supply of ammunition to Ukraine.

At a plenary session in Strasbourg, the European Parliament voted by a majority in the first reading to extend duty-free trade with Ukraine for another year, starting June 6, 2023.

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Members of the European Parliament called on EU Member States and the international community to provide Ukraine with comprehensive support and military assistance, including heavy equipment and fighter jets, to achieve victory in the war unleashed by Russia.

Russia is trying to destroy the Ukrainian European way of life, but Ukrainians will not allow that, President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in his speech at a special session of the European Parliament.