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
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