Fate of hundreds of Ukrainian fighters who surrendered to Russia hangs in balance, and EU says it's exploring ways to use Russian oligarchs' frozen assets to rebuild Ukraine, where fighting entered its 86th day on Friday Follow our live coverage:👇
Firefighters clear rubble at a destroyed cultural centre, used as a humanitarian aid centre, hit by an air strike, in Derhachi, near Kharkiv. The European Union is looking into ways of using the frozen assets of Russian oligarchs to fund the reconstruction of Ukraine after the war, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said.
The commission proposed on Wednesday a multi-billion dollar loan to Ukraine to keep the country going as it struggles to fend off the Russian assault and wants to set up a reconstruction facility after the assault. "Our lawyers are working intensively on finding possible ways of using frozen assets of the oligarchs for the rebuilding of Ukraine. "I think Russia should also make its contribution," she told ZDF television.
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