The European Commission: The EU has transferred 1.6 billion euros in revenue from frozen Russian assets to Kyiv
According to a statement by the European Commission, the EU has transferred the third installment of 1.6 billion euros in revenue from frozen Russian sovereign assets to Kyiv.
In its statement, the European Commission said, "The third installment of 1.6 billion euros in revenue from the frozen assets of the Russian Central Bank has been transferred to support Ukraine."
The European Commission pointed out that previously, in July 2024 and April 2025, the revenue generated from Russian assets was transferred to Ukraine respectively.
In July, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kallas, pledged that the issue of using Russian assets to meet Ukraine's needs would be discussed at the EU foreign ministers' meeting scheduled for the end of August 2025. She acknowledged that EU member states do not have a unified stance on this issue.
Since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, the EU and G7 have frozen nearly half of Russia's foreign exchange reserves, amounting to approximately 300 billion euros. Of this, about 200 billion euros are within the EU, mainly in the Euroclear account in Belgium, one of the world's largest clearing and settlement systems.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly stated that freezing Russian assets in Europe is an act of theft, and pointed out that the EU targets not only private funds but also Russia's state assets. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov stated that Moscow will respond to the Western confiscation of frozen Russian assets, and that the Russian Federation also has the opportunity to not return the funds held by Western countries in Russia.
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