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Zelensky pushes EU to unlock €140bn in frozen Russian assets

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky at the EU meeting in Brussels on 23 October 2025. AFP - NICOLAS TUCAT

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday urged European leaders to quickly allow his country to use €140 billion in frozen Russian assets to repair the damage caused by the three-year war with Russia.

His appeal came at a one-day summit of EU leaders in Brussels, where a new sanctions package targeting Russia’s “shadow fleet” of oil tankers was approved. A plan to ban imports of Russian liquefied natural gas was also cleared.

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