The administration of US President Donald Trump will discuss the possibility of using frozen Russian assets to finance the supply of American weapons to Ukraine. This was stated by the special envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg in an interview with Fox News.
„This topic is subject to discussion. This is always part of the work, because we have different options and we want to present to the President of the United States several of them so that he can choose. We have repeatedly talked about using Russian frozen assets to purchase American weapons. This is one of the pieces of the puzzle that needs to be discussed, and it will be on the president's table for discussion," he stressed.
At the same time, Kellogg clarified that this approach is not a solution to all the problems related to the conflict in Ukraine, but it deserves attention.
In July, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian Federation would definitely respond to the "theft" of its assets in Europe. He stressed that Moscow intends to organize legal prosecution of those involved in this. According to the Kremlin representative, Europe has "taken the worst path", deciding to use Russian assets to help Kiev.