Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki proposed the idea during his visit to Finland on Nov. 20.
“We must hit Russia harder than it expects," he said.
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said she hoped that the European Commission would find a judicial solution for confiscating Russian assets.
The EU has frozen Russian assets worth 68 billion euros in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Confiscating the assets is more difficult because relevant legislation and court decisions would be required for that.
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The second round of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi among Russia, Ukraine, and the United States to end Moscow's war began on Feb. 4, Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov said.
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A Russian drone strike on Zaporizhzhia on Feb. 3 killed two 18-year-olds and injured at least eleven other people, including three children, Ukrainian authorities said.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 3 that Vladimir Putin had "kept his word" on a temporary truce on strikes against Ukraine's energy infrastructure, remarks that came after Russia targeted Ukraine's power plants overnight.
During a Feb. 3 press conference in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Congressional Ukraine Caucus called for increased pressure on Russia, including new sanctions, and said it is one signature away from forcing a vote on the Ukraine Support Act.
Pavel K., a 50-year old resident of the town of Hrubieszów, had been charged with espionage.
Russian forces launched a mass ballistic missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight on Feb. 3, striking multiple residential buildings across the city and injuring at least three people, officials said.
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