US ‘Pressuring’ EU Not to Use Frozen Russian Assets for Kyiv

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)