Journalist unions call the killing a war crime and demand an investigation into the attack. French President Emmanuel Macron expressed sorrow over the death of Lallican, killed by a Russian attack.
Republican senators John Kennedy and Lindsey Graham joined Democratic senators Richard Blumenthal and Sheldon Whitehouse in the resolution, arguing that increasing the financial costs of continued military operations would pressure Putin to end the war.
The independent expert mission concluded that Russian authorities deliberately hide evidence of torture by showing international monitors only prisoners in relatively good physical condition, while over 90% of returning POWs report abuse in captivity.
According to the military report, the attack wiped out depots, equipment stores, and hidden weapons supporting Russian operations near Kharkiv and Sumy.
Moscow's assertion of targeting exclusively military and defense industry facilities in Ukraine contrasts with the death of civilians spanning ages from toddlers to elderly residents.
National Guard soldier Vladyslav was dragged into a basement near Pokrovsk and watched how the Russians tortured seven Ukrainian defenders before they slashed his own throat and dumped him in a pit with their bodies, thinking he was dead. He was not.
Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Khyliuk returned from Russian captivity in the latest exchange on 24 August, weighing less than 45 kg (99 lbs), as he spent three years in Russian prison after his abduction near Kyiv in 2022.