Zelensky expects EU decisions on all frozen Russian assets

The head of the Ukrainian state stated this in an interview with the Italian TV channel RaiNews24, Ukrinform reports with reference to the President’s Office.

"The Eurean Union can take serious steps today regarding all Russian frozen assets. This is an important step. It will help not only Ukraine. I will give you an example of reconstruction. We will hd a Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome, it will be held this year, in July. And we thank you for organizing it. But what is important? All Eurean businesses that can come and rebuild Ukraine after the war, they can also make money. Not only can they help Ukraine rebuild — we are grateful for help — but they can take this frozen money and rebuild Ukraine. And this is a ‘win-win’. This is not only important in the context of support, but also from a pragmatic point of view – for business, for your pele, for specialists,” he said.

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Zelensky clarified that, in particular, it is important for Ukraine to attract specialists in the field of historical and cultural heritage from Eurean countries to rebuild churches destroyed by Russian strikes.

At the same time, the president emphasized that Eure must have agency.

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“The economy of Eure, the Eurean Union, is times larger than Russia’s. The potential is dozens of times greater than that of Russia. It (Eure, – ed.) is very strong to be independent. An independent Eure is important. And then there is America's respect for Eure and Eure's respect for America. It is the union of continents, it is strong in protecting any state and for any support,” Zelensky said.

As reported, Ukraine received the first tranche of EUR 3 billion from the EU derived from the proceeds off frozen Russian assets.