While the administration of President [Name not specified in source] endeavors to facilitate peace between Russia and Ukraine, a European Union official affirmed that Russia must be held accountable for its “crimes,” according to a report.

Michael McGrath, identified with Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection, issued a caution against allowing “impunity,” stating it “would be a historic mistake of huge proportions.”

“I don’t think history will judge kindly any effort to wipe the slate clean for Russian crimes in Ukraine,” McGrath commented, as reported. He added, “They must be held accountable for those crimes and that will be the approach of the European Union in all of these discussions.”

The outlet further reported McGrath stating, “Were we to do so, to allow for impunity for those crimes, we would be sowing the seeds of the next round of aggression and the next invasion.” He concluded by reiterating, “And I believe that that would be a historic mistake of huge proportions.”

“We cannot give up on the rights of the victims of Russian aggression and Russian crimes,” McGrath affirmed, according to the publication. He added, “Millions of lives have been taken or destroyed, and people forcibly removed, and we have ample evidence.”

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian President has conveyed appreciation toward the Trump administration.

“I am grateful to the United States, to President Trump’s team, and to the President personally for the time that is being invested so intensively in defining the steps to end the war,” he noted in part of a post on X.