The Prime Ministers of the Lublin Triangle countries (Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania) call on the Russian and Belarusian peoples to speak out decisively and demand from their governments to stop military aggression against Ukraine.

"Deplore in the strongest terms Russia's unprecedented, brutal, unprovoked military invasion against Ukraine. We consider this premeditated attack against a sovereign, peaceful and democratic state as a blatant violation of fundamental principles of international law," the prime ministers said in a joint declaration.

According to the statement, referring to the Resolution of the UN General Assembly, the sides: demand that Russia immediately cease all its military operations and unconditionally withdraw all its forces and military equipment from the entire territory of Ukraine and immediately and unconditionally cancel the decision on the status of certain regions of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine; condemn the indiscriminate use of Russian military force against the civilian population and civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals and residential buildings protected by international humanitarian law.

"We call upon international community to further increase pressure upon the Russian Federation, including through further expansion of strong, consistent and long-lasting sanctions policy and by massive practical support to Ukraine which has been fighting in self-defence," the prime ministers said in the joint declaration.

The sides also condemn reckless and extremely dangerous attacks by Russian troops on nuclear power plants and nuclear facilities in Ukraine, and call on international organizations, in particular the IAEA and the UN, to respond to Ukraine's demands and ensure the security of nuclear facilities in Ukraine, as well as to ensure the protection of humanitarian corridors for evacuation of the civilian population.

"Condemn the involvement of Belarus in this aggression against Ukraine and call on Minsk to abide by its international obligations. At the same time, we consider that future democratic Belarus has its place among friendly European nations and that the Lublin Triangle remains open to their representatives," the officials said.

The prime ministers also said Ukraine should be offered the status of a candidate country for joining the European Union.

"Poland and Lithuania express their joint, unwavering support to the democratically elected authorities of Ukraine and the people of Ukraine, who took up the arms in order to defend the sovereignty of their country and the values of the entire free world: liberty, democracy, respect of fundamental human rights as well as the human dignity," according to the declaration.

In addition, Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania are calling on their partners to take emergency action to coordinate the response to the growing humanitarian crisis at the European level.