Malta, Luxembourg and Hungary have expressed doubts about the use of income from Russian assets to buy ammunition for Ukraine.
Three European Union member states oppose European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s plan to use proceeds from frozen Russian assets to buy weapons for Ukraine. Politico reported this on Thursday, March 14.
It is noted that this comes amid rumors that the asset freeze proposal will be presented closer to the summit of EU leaders next week.
An unnamed European official said that Malta, Luxembourg and Hungary, at a meeting of ambassadors of the 27 EU countries on Wednesday, March 13, expressed doubts about the use of income from the properties of Russia to buy ammunition for Ukraine.
They said that von der Leyen’s desire to use the money to replenish Ukraine’s dwindling arms stockpile complicated the negotiations, as there was general agreement that they should go to reconstruction.
Let’s remember that since the beginning of a massive war, about $300 billion of Russian assets have been frozen in Western countries. The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, proposed to send Russian assets to military aid to Ukraine.
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Source: korrespondent
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