Overview

• President Zelensky spoke by videoconference to call for a change of regime in Russia and the confiscation of its frozen assets to enforce accountability
• Russia sent only junior envoys, with Maria Zakharova confirming no high-level representative attended the Helsinki forum
• Finland is building a 200 km fence on its closed 1,340 km border with Russia to guard against bussed migrants and perceived hybrid threats
• Russia’s 2024 suspension from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has strained the organization while Moscow retains formal membership, prompting Ukraine’s calls for exclusion
• Speakers including OSCE Chair Elina Valtonen, UN rights chief Volker Türk and UN Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted concerns over the pact’s erosion