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The European Union's action in support of Ukraine's

sovereignty and territorial integrity

On 7 May 2009, EU heads of state and government alongside representatives

of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, adopted the

conclusions of the first Eastern Partnership Summit, which was held in Prague.

This partnership's goal is to strengthen the political partnership and economic

integration between the European Union and its five partners 1 in Eastern

Europe and the South Caucasus, and it is the framework for the bilateral

relationship between Ukraine and the European Union. The Eastern

Partnership is based on differentiated, mutually beneficial cooperation. To this

end. the European Union offers partner countries complete and comprehensive

free trade agreements and a more flexible visa regime in exchange for carrying

out political and economic reforms.

At the European Council summit in June 2014, EU leaders signed the European

Union-Ukraine Association Agreement (M) on 27 June 2014, which structures

bilateral cooperation between the EU and Ukraine. This agreement, which

fosters deeper political ties, a respect for shared values and a stronger

economic relationship, fully entered into force on 1 September 2017 once its

ratification process finíshed.

ln 2014, the EU reacted to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and voluntary

acts to destabilíse Ukraine by adopting diplomatic measures and individual and

economic sanctions.

First, the EU suspended the periodic bilateral summits with Russia.

Secondly, on 17 March 2014 the Council of the European Union adopted

Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 as an initial set of individual sanctions by

prohibiting 21 people from entering EU territory and freezing their assets due to

their efforts to compromise or threaten Ukraine's independence, sovereignty,

and territorial integrity. The EU has progressively expanded the list of natural

and legal persons targeted by the sanctions; as of 1 January 2022, this list

included 51 entities and 203 people. On 10 September 2021, the Council of the

1 Belarus suspended its participation in the Eastern Partnership on 28 June 2021.

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