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EU leaders fail to agree on handing over Russian assets to Ukraine

2025-10-03
LETA--RFE/RL/TBT Staff

COPENHAGEN - European Union (EU) leaders at an informal summit in Copenhagen failed to make progress in talks on using EUR 140 billion worth of Russian assets frozen in Europe to provide support to Ukraine, the Financial Times reports. Belgium demanded that ...

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