Law enforcement officers have launched a pretrial investigation into the execution by Russian military personnel of two captured National Guard soldiers near Dobropillia in the Donetsk region.
Portugal supports using frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine but understands Belgium's demand for EU-wide guarantees against potential financial risks.
Russian forces attacked Dnipro and the surrounding region more than 30 times during the day, killing seven people and injuring 76. Children were among those injured.
Reservations from individual European Union member states regarding potential legal and financial risks must not block collective efforts by the Bloc to utilize immobilized Russian sovereign assets for Ukraine's aid.
Europe will have to find a way to support Ukraine in 2027 and beyond one way or another, so it must make the aggressor pay by using frozen Russian assets.