Recall my previous post?
Very clearly this is about stealing the frozen Russian assets!! This is the US and Ukraine with the EU legitimizing the theft of Russian assets.
EU Steps Up Pursuit of Frozen Russian Assets to Aid Ukraine
Today’s foreign ministers’ talks, which included Ukraine’s Andrii Sybiha, took place as EU ambassadors met in Brussels. Top of their agenda is the EU’s plan to use Russian immobilized assets for reparation loans for Ukraine.
In her first detailed comments since the emergence of the US-Russia peace plan, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the European Parliament this morning that the Commission is ready to present a legal text backing its plan to tap the assets amid a fresh push by the EU’s executive body to get the deal over the line.
Tap the assets. That means steal them.
A suggestion in the original US-Russia plan that Washington could lay claim to some of the money as part of Ukraine’s reconstruction unnerved Europe but appears to have been dropped.
Appearances can be deceiving- The US wants to get their hands on the stolen Russian loot– The monetary boost is needed by the US and the EU
Germany is among countries arguing that the developments of the last few days have made the asset negotiations more urgent.
However, Belgium, and others, want more details from the Commission, including on the other funding options for Ukraine outlined by the EU executive in a letter this month.
For von der Leyen and Kallas, the best option is to use Russian assets to help Ukraine finance itself.
As von der Leyen told lawmakers this morning: “We have to find a way to move forward, to find a way to stop the killing, to help Ukraine rebuild and reconstruct.”
von der Leyen and Kallas want the money to prop up the faltering EU. The US is looking for some cash infusion too. This is, in my opinion, insanity.