White House Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said he thought it was too early for the United States to talk about the possibility of using the Russian Federation’s frozen sovereign assets to help Ukraine. This was reported by RIA News.
Kirby says it’s too early to tell. This is how he answered the journalists’ question about whether the American administration was considering the possibility of using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
He emphasized that the US presidential administration is still waiting for the US Congress to approve Joe Biden’s request to allocate additional money to Kiev.
Previously, the administration of American President Joe Biden started Urgent negotiations with partners on the use of blocked Russian assets totaling more than $300 billion for military support to Ukraine.
A while ago, the New York Times wrote that if Congress did not reach an agreement on providing aid to Kiev, American officials could seize Russian assets frozen in the West.
Previously at the European Commission named The amount of Russian sovereign assets frozen in the European Union.