Group 1 - Russian Defense Ministry reported that in the past 24 hours, Russian forces repelled multiple Ukrainian attacks and launched several offensives, resulting in over 1,300 Ukrainian personnel casualties and the destruction of various Ukrainian military equipment, including tanks and artillery [1] - Ukrainian Armed Forces reported 220 combat incidents in the frontline areas within the same timeframe, with Ukrainian air force and missile units targeting Russian personnel and military equipment concentrations [1] - Russia and Ukraine began the process of exchanging the bodies of fallen soldiers, with Ukraine receiving 1,212 Ukrainian soldiers' remains and transferring 27 Russian soldiers' remains [1] Group 2 - Belgian Prime Minister De Wever rejected the UK's call to seize frozen Russian central bank assets to support Ukraine, warning that such actions could undermine trust from third countries and pose systemic risks to the euro [2] - Since the escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2022, the EU has frozen approximately €200 billion of Russian assets, with the majority held by the European Clearing Bank in Belgium, valued at around €180 billion [2] - The interest generated from these frozen assets has been used to aid Ukraine, but the assets themselves remain unaffected [2]