All frozen assets of the russian federation in the EU should be sent to Ukraine - EU diplomat Kaja Kallas
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Kaja Kallas stated that frozen russian assets should be used to help Ukraine. She also emphasized the importance of the EU's continued support for Ukraine even if the US cuts aid.
The new head of the European Union's diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, believes that billions of russian state funds frozen in the EU should be used to help Ukraine. This was reported by The Guardian, according to UNN.
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Kallas said that Ukraine has legitimate claims for compensation and that russian assets held in the EU are "an instrument of pressure on russia.
She predicted that despite "sensitivities, we will get there somehow." Callas suggested that russian funds would help pay the bill for "all the damage that russia has done to Ukraine.
It is better to have a bird in the hand than a crane in the sky. So, we have a little bird in the hand [frozen assets], and it is an instrument of pressure on russia
In addition, Kallas said that Europe should step up its assistance to Ukraine if the United States stops funding. She emphasized that financial support for Ukraine "is not charity," but is in the interests of Europe and the United States.
If they (the US) cut the aid, we have to continue to support Ukraine, because I worry about what will happen if russia wins. I think we will have more wars, big wars
Therefore, according to Callas, assistance to Ukraine is an "investment" in "own security" and global security. In particular, she drew attention to this against the backdrop of North Korean military involvement in the war in Ukraine and Chinese military exercises in the South China Sea.
"China is also learning from what russia is doing," she added.
Recall
moscow calls the US decision to provide Ukraine with a $20 billion loan using russian assets frozen in the West a "crime." This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the russian federation.
