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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nina Lloyd

Allies discuss ‘positive progress’ to use frozen Russian assets in Ukraine talks

European allies have discussed “positive progress” towards using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, Downing Street said, after hosting crisis talks over the country’s future.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met at No 10 on Monday as Mr Zelensky warned that Kyiv “can’t manage” without European and American backing.

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