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Ukraine asks G7 to seize Russian assets to rebuild country

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba looks on as he attends a news conference with Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) parliamentary group leader Rolf Muetzenich and SPD co-leader Lars Klingbeil, after a meeting amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Berlin, Germany May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi

Ukraine asked the G7 group of rich nations on Friday to seize Russian assets and hand them over to help it rebuild after months of war, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

Kuleba said he made the request while addressing a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in northern Germany. "We are talking about hundreds of billions of dollars. Russia must pay," Kuleba told reporters on the sidelines of the session.

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