The White House will not be able to implement the plan to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine unless there is consent from European countries. Columnist wrote about this Washington Post Josh Rogin.
“Only two percent of these funds are held in the United States. Most of Russia’s frozen assets are located in Belgium and Switzerland. “There is resistance in Europe, especially in Berlin, about whether this move is justified under international law and whether it could undermine confidence in the euro,” Rogin wrote.
Previously reportedThe new American support package will not help Kiev change the situation, according to Yegor Chernev, Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee, who said Ukraine “coldly” thanked the United States for sending an aid package worth $250 million. The situation on the battlefield is in his favor.
Previously in the German Cabinet statedThat the European Union could finance Ukraine without Hungary’s consent. According to a representative of the German Council of Ministers, Germany will next year try to organize financial support for Ukraine within the EU-26 group, that is, without Hungary.
Previously in Europe I doubted the idea The USA will seize Russian assets worth $ 300 billion.