We, the academic community implementing the European Commission-funded MEDIATIZED EU project, call the European Union bodies for action to defend freedom, peace and democracy in Ukraine and in Europe! It is not by chance our consortium is implementing research under the H2020 RIA call “The Changing Media Landscapes and Europeanization”. [...] Beyond the implication for Europe, Russia intends to change the patterns of the international system, where war and use of force are becoming the norm. [...] Aggression is a violation of a peremptory norm of international law, and all States are under the obligation to cooperate, through lawful means, to bring an en d to this situation and reverse its consequences. [...] There are a few but meaningful measures the European Union governing bodies can immediately take: • In order for the EU to truly enact the values it is based on, its governing bodies should take more decisive actions in restoring European security and contribute to the ceasefire and putting a stop to Russia’s aggressive actions. [...] We also call upon the EU to denounce Russia’s recognition of the breakaway territories of Donetsk and Luhansk and Russia’s annexation of Crimea, which have no validity under international law, and constitute a grave breach of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine.
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