Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky will be in Brussels on Thursday to convince European partners to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, despite Washington pressuring EU countries against the plan, a Ukrainian official told AFP.
“The US administration is pressuring European countries to abandon the idea of using Russian assets to support Ukraine,” a senior Ukrainian official said Wednesday.
Zelensky “is going to Brussels to motivate European countries to adopt this decision” and tap the frozen assets, the source said.
Around €200 billion in Russian central bank assets were frozen over Moscow’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. (AFP)
