Russian leader discussed the situation in Ukraine with the head of the European Council Brussels could encourage Kiev to refrain from “massive shelling” of Donbass and from committing “other gross violations” of international law, Russian President Vladimir Putin told European Council President Charles Michel on Thursday.

Fighters can exit the Mariupol steel plant at any time without weapons and ammo, Moscow says Ukrainian troops and members of the Neo-Nazi Azov battalion, who remain at the surrounded Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, can still surrender to the Russian military, the Defense Ministry explained on Friday.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki proposed to the European Commission on Friday that bonds be issued, backed by the “confiscated” funds from Russia and its citizens. The assets have been frozen by the EU, and officially have not been confiscated.