President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, on behalf of this EU institution, strongly condemned the Russian aggression against Ukraine.

She said today we are in the dark shadow of Putin's war. The war we didn't provoke. The war we didn't start. An outrageous invasion of a sovereign, independent state. On behalf of the European Parliament, she condemned in the strongest terms the Russian military aggression against Ukraine and expressed solidarity with all the victims and all the dead.

These words were met by all those present with prolonged applause and standing up.