The Council of Europe will create a register of damage to Ukraine from the Russian special operation

The decision to create a register was taken at the first summit of 46 Council of Europe countries in the last 18 years. The organization also intends to discuss the "outlines" of the mechanism for compensating damage to Ukraine . RUSSIAwithdrew from the Council of Europe

The fourth in history and first in the last 18 years summit of the Council of Europe, which began on May 16 in Reykjavik, decided to create a register of damage inflicted on Ukraine during a special military operation by Russia, Euronews reports.

The creation of the registry will be an important part of international initiatives to create a compensation mechanism for Ukraine. The Council of Europe will take the lead in its creation and provide the necessary legal support.

“I am very glad that we will have a registry, which is so important for the administration of justice. Justice is one of the conditions for a just world,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

On the second day of the summit, the leaders of European countries intend to discuss the "outlines of the compensation system."

The Council of Europe includes 46 states, this organization is completely independent and is not included in the system of the European Union, which now unites 27 countries.

In total, there were four summit meetings in the history of the Council of Europe before the Reykjavik summit: in 1993 in Vienna, in 1997 in Strasbourg and in 2005 in Warsaw.

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In January, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal estimated the damage that the country has suffered since the start of Russia's military operation at $700 billion.

The European Commission in February 2023 reported that Ukrainian infrastructure had suffered €129 billion in damage since the start of the Russian special military operation. “A significant part of this damage was inflicted directly on civilian infrastructure,” Brussels calculated.

The Russian authorities have repeatedly stated that strikes are inflicted only on military facilities, as well as on those energy facilities that ensure the operation of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine. Russia left the Council of Europe in 2022.