Some G7 leaders will consider withdrawing Russia’s frozen assets to provide military aid to Ukraine. The newspaper writes about this Guard.
According to the publication, EU leaders will meet in Brussels and discuss ways to radically increase military and financial support to Ukraine, amid calls for EU member states to place the economy on a “war footing”.
The document stated that “the Prime Ministers will consider plans to seize billions of euros from frozen Russian assets and send the money to Kiev.”
According to the newspaper’s interlocutor from European diplomacy, for the first time, a legally sound proposal with potential systemic and economic risks will be put forward.
Before that, Reuters reported, citing an unnamed European official reportedThe reaction of the Russian Federation to the expropriation by the European Commission of the assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation frozen in the European Union could lead to the bankruptcy of the securities depository – the Belgian Euroclear platform.
Previously reportedHe said Ukraine was developing a plan to seize Russia’s frozen assets.