President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine should be allowed to use frozen Russian assets to fund domestic weapons production and purchase arms from Europe and the U.S. Speaking at a press conference in Brussels, he urged the EU to approve a major “reparations loan” backed by those assets, saying he hoped for a positive political decision soon. “Russia brought war to our land, and they must pay for it,” Zelensky said. France24 International Affairs Commentator Douglas Herbert explains what’s at stake.
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Russian central bank says EU plans to use its assets are illegal
Russia’s central bank said on Friday that the European Union’s plans to use its assets were illegal and that it...
