US 'pressuring' EU not to use frozen Russian assets for Kyiv, Ukraine official says

17/12/2025 21:59 France 24

The Trump administration is seeking to discourage European countries from using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine's war effort, a senior Ukrainian official said Wednesday, adding that President Volodymyr Zelensky would lobby Kyiv's European allies to tap the Russian assets at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday.

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