American Pressure on Europeans Not to Use Frozen Russian Funds to Finance Kyiv

Zelensky heads to Brussels to persuade Europeans to use frozen Russian assets despite U.S. pressure.

SUMMARY

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Brussels to convince European partners to use frozen Russian assets to support his country, despite U.S. pressure on the European Union to prevent this.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Zelensky visits Brussels tomorrow, Thursday, to support the use of frozen Russian assets.
The United States is pressuring EU countries to prevent the use of these assets.
Zelensky urges European countries to adopt a decision to use the frozen funds to support Ukraine.

CORE SUBJECT

Zelensky's visit to Brussels to use frozen Russian assets

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is heading to Brussels tomorrow, Thursday, to persuade European partners to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, despite Washington's pressure on European Union countries to refrain from doing so, according to an official who spoke to Agence France-Presse.

The senior Ukrainian official said on Wednesday: "The U.S. administration is exerting pressure on European countries to abandon the idea of using Russian assets to support Ukraine."

He added that Zelensky "will go to Brussels to urge European countries to adopt a decision" to use those frozen funds.

KEYWORDS

Zelensky Brussels frozen Russian assets United States European Union Ukraine

MENTIONED ENTITIES 4

Volodymyr Zelensky

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Ukrainian President

Washington

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Capital of the United States

European Union

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Political and economic bloc of European countries

Brussels