EU regions bordering Russia: Targeted support

Owing to their remote nature, all the European Union's external border regions suffer from geographic, demographic, socio-economic and structural handicaps that are detrimental to their development. The situation of the eastern European Union (EU) regions bordering Russia, as well as Belarus and Ukraine, has, however, become even more critical since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the subsequent war. During its February plenary session Parliament is due to debate this issue following a Commission statement on the matter.