Ukraine Solidarity supporters in the Green Party of England and Wales have submitted the following late (emergency) motion to its upcoming autumn conference (3-5 October, Bournemouth).

If you’re in the Green Party and would like to help promote the motion, at the conference and/or before, or get involved in campaigning more generally, get in touch and we’ll connect you: info@ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org

L2: Stand With Ukraine

Synopsis: Responding to recent Russian aggressions against Ukraine and pressure from the Trump regime on Ukraine to capitulate, this motion calls for political and practical solidarity with Ukraine and commits party bodies to enact this.

Insert the following as a policy statement into the Record of Policy Statements:

Conference notes the events of mid-August, with the Trump regime literally rolling out the red carpet for indicted war criminal Vladimir Putin, and dramatically displaying its sympathy for Russian imperialism. This came shortly after news that Russian authorities in occupied east Ukraine are now offering stolen Ukrainian children for forced adoption through an online catalogue. These developments demand we affirm our support for Ukraine.

In the face of rising right-wing authoritarianism globally, we support Ukraine’s just struggle against Russian imperialism, for self-determination and independence. We support workers’, climate and ecological, social justice and liberation struggles in Ukraine; we support similar struggles, and not least the anti-war, pro-Ukraine internationalists in Russia.

Conference also notes:

1. The party’s support for Ukraine’s rights; for centring Ukraine’s voice in any negotiations; tightening sanctions on Russia including closing fossil-fuel loopholes; for military and humanitarian aid; and ensuring protection for Ukrainian refugees.
2. That Russia’s invasion and occupation involve widespread human rights abuses – including killings, mass kidnapping of children, deliberate ecological destruction, and forcible population transfers and displacement.
3. That Russia’s war has resulted in many tens of thousands of civilian casualties, four million internally displaced and five million refugees, with one million Russian Federation soldiers have been killed or wounded. In summer 2025 Russia escalated its assault, with most days seeing hundreds of drone and missile strikes.
4. That Russia is seeking to extort Ukraine, demanding cession of its recognised territory (in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions) and control over strategic natural resources and industrial assets. These imperialist demands shred Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty and its people’s right to self-determination.
5. That Ukraine’s progressive social movements and trade unions support the country’s war of self-defence, while fighting the Ukrainian government’s neoliberal policies.
6. That our party is the only parliamentary party in England and Wales consistent in supporting the liberation of all peoples from military aggression and colonial exploitation from Palestine to Ukraine and beyond.

To strengthen, embed and develop this approach, Conference calls for:

a. The centring of Ukrainians’ voices in negotiations, peace and reconstruction. Ukraine’s territory and resources should serve the interests of its people, under democratic control, not foreign or domestic oligarchs and corporations.
b. The UK government to close fossil-fuel sanction loopholes, such as UK-based companies transporting and selling Russian liquefied natural gas to other countries.
c. Stronger sanctions on Russian state and complicit corporate organisations and individuals, and on the transfer of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.
d. Increased aid to Ukraine to boost frontline confidence, strengthen military capabilities, and assert sovereignty by pushing back the Russian occupation.
e. Cancellation of Ukraine’s international debt, to free resources for humanitarian, defence and social needs.
f. UK promotion of strong international initiatives to ensure justice and accountability for Russia’s war crimes, including freedom for abducted children.
g. Support for Ukrainians and other refugees from war in the UK, including automatic visa extensions and a clear pathway to permanent residence for Ukrainian and other refugees.
h. UK social movement and government support for social movements and struggles in Ukraine.
i. Twinning between UK and Ukraine municipalities to share support, experience and expertise.

Conference instructs the following named Green Party bodies to take the following actions:

i. GPEX and GPRC working with other bodies and representatives as appropriate, to work alongside Ukrainian organisations in the UK, Green Parties internationally, trade unions and other civil society partners (including where possible the Russian anti-war movement) to galvanise pressure on the UK and other governments to aid Ukraine.
ii. The International Committee, working with the Green Party Trade Union Group, to organise a delegation to Ukraine in the next year, if possible involving trade unionists, to visit and build solidarity with Ukraine’s struggle and movements.
iii. Campaigns Committee to work with UK and Ukrainian trade unions to campaign on defence of workers’ rights in Ukraine and the rights of Ukrainians working here.
iv. Campaigns Committee, spokespeople and elected representatives to campaign pro actively in support of Ukrainian refugees as part of our wider refugee rights campaigning.

Conference further instructs the International Committee and GPEX to review progress against these objectives and to report to Spring Conference 2026, including to ensure clear, consistent election campaigning and manifestos.

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