EU lays out plan to fund Ukraine using frozen Russian assets

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Europe's plan to use $105 billion of frozen Russian assets tantamount to war, says Russia's Medvedev
The European Commission is considering using frozen Russian assets held in Europe to support Ukraine. It plans to unlock $105 billion for the effort through a reparations loan or international borrowing, though favors the former. Russia's Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said that it could be tantamount to an act justifying war.

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Russia's Medvedev says EU seizure of frozen assets could be tantamount to justification for war
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Russian ambassador slams EU frozen assets plan for Ukraine
Russia mocks EU deliberations on frozen assets, says seizure will prompt 'harshest response'
Russia said on Thursday that any "illegal action" by the European Union in relation to its frozen assets would elicit "the harshest reaction", and that Moscow was already preparing its response.

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US Urged Europeans to Oppose EU Plan for Loan to Support Ukraine
Belgium disagrees with EU Commission's proposal to use Russian assets
'Pants Will Fall…': Putin Aide Warns EU Leaders Over Ukraine Loan Backed By Frozen Russian Assets
Speaking at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Vienna, Grushko argued the EU’s declining global GDP share and economic struggles have left Europe “with no money.”

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EU plan to seize £80billion of Russian assets for Ukraine could be enough to justify Putin going to war with Europe, Kremlin official warns
The EU Lays Out a Plan to Fund Ukraine Using Frozen Russian Assets but Belgium Says It's Too Risky

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Exclusive - EU, G7 weigh ban on maritime services for Russian oil exports, end to price cap

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Russian drone strike kills 12-year-old boy in Ukraine as peace talks kept under wraps

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