🔗 Share this article UK Ready to Use Immobilized Russia's Funds to Fund the Ukrainian Defense The UK is set to progress with utilizing the entire amount of immobilized Russia's funds to aid the Ukrainian defense operations, Leader Sir Keir Starmer has stated. In a joint statement, the officials of the UK, the French Republic, and Germany emphasized that this coordinated action would increase strain on Moscow's head Vladimir Putin and persuade Moscow to participate in talks. They further noted that the initiative would be carried out in tight collaboration with the America. UK penalties have frozen more than £25bn of Russian assets since Russia began its full-scale invasion against Ukraine in 2022. However, previously, resources allocated to Ukraine using Russian assets had solely been drawn from profits and interest earned on them. Sir Keir told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the United Kingdom, the French Republic, and the Federal Republic of Germany were in agreement in their goal to drive progress toward using the total worth of the seized Russian sovereign assets to halt hostilities. He noted that further measures over the next period would heighten the tension on Russia. This statement comes after European officials gathered in the Danish capital last week to consider using frozen Russia's holdings for a 140-billion-euro financial aid to the Ukrainian nation. Recently, US President Donald Trump encouraged Group of Seven partners to confiscate or employ seized Russia's holdings, according to reports. The worth of immobilized Russian assets in the Europe is estimated to be almost €211bn. Leader Zelensky calls on the United Kingdom's Sir Keir Starmer to take part in the weapons procurement program Moscow launched extensive bombardments across the Ukrainian territory on that day, causing blackouts in significant regions of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, and several other zones. Two people were fatally injured and a minimum of 20 people were hurt in the assault, the Ukrainian government stated. In a post on social media subsequent to the strike, Zelensky wrote that the strategic strike focused on civilian and energy infrastructure. "What is required is not empty words but concrete steps - from the America, EU, and the G7 - in supplying air defence systems and enforcing restrictions," he emphasized. "Every sanction decision undermines the Russian war effort," Zelensky declared, in a different message. Additionally that day, Zelensky told the press he would encourage Sir Keir to participate in the Purl program, under which partner nations acquire arms from the US to donate to the Ukrainian forces. While praising the UK's firm backing for Kyiv, he said it should send a clear signal that it would engage in the program, as well as apply further restrictions on Moscow. Major Russian Strikes Cut Power in the Capital and Throughout the Nation Conflict in Ukraine France Federal Republic of Germany Russian Federation Ukraine