The European Commission’s proposal to seize proceeds from frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine is unlikely to be approved at the summit of European Union leaders that starts in Brussels on Thursday, March 21. This situation was reported by Deutsche Welle (the institution is included in the list of foreign agents of the Ministry of Justice) (DW) with reference to a high-ranking European diplomat.
He emphasized that the majority of EU countries understand that funds from Russian assets should be used to purchase weapons for the Ukrainian side. The source noted that Hungary is against this, believing that the money should be spent on everything, not weapons for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The other day, Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commission Member Responsible for Europe and Social Dialogue statedThe European Commission has approved a proposal to use proceeds from Russian assets frozen in the European Union to support Ukraine.
The Vice President of the European Commission added that this proposal will be discussed at the European Union summit on March 21-22, where measures to support Ukraine will be discussed.
Previously at the European Commission named The amount of Russian assets frozen in the European Union.