{"id":"topics/ukraine-and-russia","title":"Ukraine and Russia","type":"topic","html":"<p>The Russian war against Ukraine returned to the Chamber from January 2024 to March 2026, in oral questions, resolutions, the foreign policy debates, and a government declaration on 4 March 2025. Deputies debated arms and financial aid to Ukraine, the frozen Russian assets, the Russian presidential elections of March 2024, NATO accession, and the special tribunal for the crime of aggression. The quotes below are taken verbatim from the Compte rendu officiel of each sitting.</p>\n<h2>CSV</h2>\n<p>On 27 February 2024, two years after the Russian invasion and during the questions to the Prime Minister on the Paris donor conference, Christophe Hansen urged much faster deliveries of arms to Ukraine after his visit to Kyiv.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Si hunn näischt méi a mir mussen elo ganz, ganz dréngend noleeën, well et ass wierklech elo, wou mer dee Krich do entweeder verléieren oder gewannen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>They have nothing left, and we must now urgently supply more, because it is right now that we either lose or win this war.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-02-27-n012\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-02-27-n012\">Sitting of 27 February 2024</a>, Christophe Hansen, CSV</p>\n<p>On 29 October 2025, in the foreign policy debate that also took a motion on frozen Russian assets, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Flaurent-zeimet\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/laurent-zeimet\">Laurent Zeimet</a> argued that the EU must not abandon Ukraine.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Eng Unioun, déi d’Ukrain géif opginn, wier eng Unioun, déi sech selwer géif opginn.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>A Union that gave up Ukraine would be a Union that gave itself up.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-10-29-n104\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-10-29-n104\">Sitting of 29 October 2025</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Flaurent-zeimet\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/laurent-zeimet\">Laurent Zeimet</a>, CSV</p>\n<h2>DP</h2>\n<p>On 19 March 2024, in the debate on his resolution on the Russian presidential elections, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fgusty-graas\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/gusty-graas\">Gusty Graas</a> proposed that the Chamber condemn the conduct of the elections.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Duerfir mengen ech, datt et wichteg ass, datt och mir als Chamber hei en Zeeche setzen, datt mir ganz kloer déi Walen esou, wéi se ofgelaf sinn, condamnéieren.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>That is why I think it is important that we too, as the Chamber, set a sign here, that we very clearly condemn these elections as they were run.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-03-19-n016\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-03-19-n016\">Sitting of 19 March 2024</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fgusty-graas\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/gusty-graas\">Gusty Graas</a>, DP</p>\n<p>On 20 November 2024, in the debate on the foreign minister's declaration on foreign policy, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fgusty-graas\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/gusty-graas\">Gusty Graas</a> called the western response to the 2014 annexation of Crimea a mistake.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Haut regrettéiere mer och, datt mer 2014 no der illegaler Annexioun vun der Krim net esou reagéiert hunn, wéi mer vläicht hätte solle reagéieren.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>Today we also regret that after the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 we did not react the way we perhaps should have reacted.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-11-20-n046\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-11-20-n046\">Sitting of 20 November 2024</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fgusty-graas\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/gusty-graas\">Gusty Graas</a>, DP</p>\n<h2>LSAP</h2>\n<p>On 20 November 2024, in the debate on the foreign minister's declaration on foreign policy, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fyves-cruchten\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/yves-cruchten\">Yves Cruchten</a> stated the UN figure for civilian deaths in Ukraine.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>D’UNO-Héichkommissariat fir Mënscherechter confirméiert, datt 12.162 Zivilisten ëmbruecht goufen, dovu 550 Kanner.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights confirms that 12,162 civilians have been killed, 550 of them children.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-11-20-n046\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-11-20-n046\">Sitting of 20 November 2024</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fyves-cruchten\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/yves-cruchten\">Yves Cruchten</a>, LSAP</p>\n<p>On 19 March 2026, in the debate on the motion on the special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fyves-cruchten\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/yves-cruchten\">Yves Cruchten</a> explained what the motion asks the government to do.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An där heiter Motioun fuerdere mer d’Regierung op, bei der Schafung vun engem speziellen internationale Geriicht derbäi ze sinn, dat d’Verbriechen am Krich géint d’Ukrain soll opschaffen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>In this motion we call on the government to take part in the creation of a special international court to deal with the crimes in the war against Ukraine.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-03-19-n135\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-03-19-n135\">Sitting of 19 March 2026</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fyves-cruchten\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/yves-cruchten\">Yves Cruchten</a>, LSAP</p>\n<h2>ADR</h2>\n<p>On 16 January 2024, in his oral question to the Foreign Minister on Ukraine and the frozen Russian assets, Fernand Kartheiser asked whether seizing those assets would harm the Luxembourg financial centre.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ass et net e Problem fir d’Finanzplaz Lëtzebuerg, déi politiséiert ka ginn an den Ae vu Leit, déi baussent der EU vläicht eng Finanzplaz sichen, a Konkurrenz zu Singapur, zu Hongkong, déi scho gesot hunn, datt se dat net géife maachen?</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>Is it not a problem for the Luxembourg financial centre, which can be seen as politicised by people outside the EU who are looking for a financial centre, in competition with Singapore or Hong Kong, which have already said that they would not do this?</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-01-16-n009\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-01-16-n009\">Sitting of 16 January 2024</a>, Fernand Kartheiser, ADR</p>\n<p>On 19 March 2026, in the debate on the motion on the special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Ffred-keup\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/fred-keup\">Fred Keup</a> argued that only negotiations with Russia, and not a defeat, will end the war.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>De Krich wäert jo net ophalen duerch eng Néierlag vu Russland. Dat wäert net geschéien. De Krich wäert ophalen duerch Verhandlunge mat Russland.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>The war will not stop through a defeat of Russia. That will not happen. The war will stop through negotiations with Russia.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-03-19-n135\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-03-19-n135\">Sitting of 19 March 2026</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Ffred-keup\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/fred-keup\">Fred Keup</a>, ADR</p>\n<h2>déi gréng</h2>\n<p>On 27 February 2024, in the debate on the resolution on the situation in Ukraine, François Bausch argued that support for Ukraine rests on the right of self-defence under international law.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Et ass e Recht vun engem Vollek, sech a säin Territoire ze verteidegen. Dat ass Vëlkerrecht.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>It is a right of a people to defend itself and its territory. That is international law.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-02-27-n012\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-02-27-n012\">Sitting of 27 February 2024</a>, François Bausch, déi gréng</p>\n<p>On 4 March 2025, in the debate on the government declaration on Ukraine and European security, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fsam-tanson\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/sam-tanson\">Sam Tanson</a> asked the Prime Minister whether the frozen Russian capital itself, not only its interest, should fund Ukraine's defence.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Misst een déi Diskussioun net awer spéitstens elo säit leschtem Freideg nach eng Kéier nei opmaachen a sech net just op déi Interête bezéien, mee och kucken, ob dat Kapital net muss benotzt gi fir d’ukrainesch Defense?</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>Should we not reopen that discussion at the latest now, since last Friday, and not only look at the interest, but also examine whether that capital must be used for Ukraine's defence?</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-03-04-n069\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-03-04-n069\">Sitting of 4 March 2025</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fsam-tanson\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/sam-tanson\">Sam Tanson</a>, déi gréng</p>\n<h2>Piraten</h2>\n<p>On 19 March 2024, in the debate on the resolution on the Russian presidential elections, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fsven-clement\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/sven-clement\">Sven Clement</a> stated that his party does not regard the vote as an election.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ech soen et nach eng Kéier ganz kloer: Fir eis waren dat hei keng Walen, an domadder kann een och net vun engem legitimme Resultat schwätzen!</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>I say it once again very clearly: for us these were not elections, and therefore one cannot speak of a legitimate result either!</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-03-19-n016\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-03-19-n016\">Sitting of 19 March 2024</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fsven-clement\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/sven-clement\">Sven Clement</a>, Piraten</p>\n<p>On 29 October 2025, in the foreign policy debate that also took his motion on frozen Russian assets, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fsven-clement\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/sven-clement\">Sven Clement</a> called for progress on those assets.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mir missten och endlech weiderkomme beim Punkt vun de Frozen Assets.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>We should at last make progress on the point of the frozen assets.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-10-29-n104\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-10-29-n104\">Sitting of 29 October 2025</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fsven-clement\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/sven-clement\">Sven Clement</a>, Piraten</p>\n<h2>déi Lénk</h2>\n<p>On 4 March 2025, in the debate on the government declaration on Ukraine and European security, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fdavid-wagner\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/david-wagner\">David Wagner</a> defined what a just peace must mean for the aggressor and for Ukraine.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Zweetens: E gerechte Fridden ass e Fridden, wou den Aggresseur, also Russland, fir seng Aggressioun net belount gëtt a wou den Aggresséierten, also d’Ukrain, senge Wënsch entspriechend gutt a liefbar a gestäerkt erauskënnt.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>Second: a just peace is a peace where the aggressor, that is Russia, is not rewarded for its aggression and where the attacked party, that is Ukraine, comes out well, viable and strengthened, in line with its own wishes.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-03-04-n069\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-03-04-n069\">Sitting of 4 March 2025</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fdavid-wagner\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/david-wagner\">David Wagner</a>, déi Lénk</p>\n<p>On 19 March 2026, in the debate on the motion on the special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fdavid-wagner\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/david-wagner\">David Wagner</a> backed the motion while warning against double standards in international justice.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mir sinn totalement der Meenung, datt déi Krichsverbriechen, déi an der Ukrain stattfonnt hunn a stattfannen a vläicht nach stattfanne wäerten, net däerfen ouni Sanktioun bleiwen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>We fully take the view that the war crimes which took place, are taking place and may still take place in Ukraine must not remain without sanction.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-03-19-n135\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-03-19-n135\">Sitting of 19 March 2026</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fdavid-wagner\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/david-wagner\">David Wagner</a>, déi Lénk</p>\n<h2>Ministers</h2>\n<p>On 16 January 2024, answering the oral question on Ukraine and the frozen Russian assets, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade named Russia as the aggressor.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ech wëll net polemiséieren, mee ech wëll drun erënneren, dass den Aggresseur am Ukrain-Krich Russland ass an dass mer awer net sollen eng Inversion des rôles maachen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>I do not want to polemicise, but I want to recall that the aggressor in the Ukraine war is Russia and that we should not reverse the roles.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-01-16-n009\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-01-16-n009\">Sitting of 16 January 2024</a>, Xavier Bettel, Ministre des Affaires étrangères et du Commerce extérieur</p>\n<p>On 4 March 2025, in his government declaration on Ukraine and European security, the Prime Minister stated that Luxembourg will keep supporting Ukraine with its limited means.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Lëtzebuerg wäert duerfir weider op der Säit vun der Ukrain stoen a wäert – mat senge bescheidene Mëttelen – déi Ënnerstëtzung ginn, déi d’Ukrain brauch.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>Luxembourg will therefore continue to stand on Ukraine's side and will give, with its modest means, the support that Ukraine needs.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-03-04-n069\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-03-04-n069\">Sitting of 4 March 2025</a>, Luc Frieden, Premier ministre</p>"}