The first step is made: in the EU supported the transfer to Ukraine income from assets of

According to journalist Ricarda Jazvak, it is about delaying income from frozen assets of the Russian Federation to a separate account. Next will be consistent with the departure of money directly to Ukraine. Ambassadors of the European Union supported the proposal to start using income from frozen Russian assets to assist Ukraine. The press service of Belgium representation to the EU on January 29 wrote about it in X (earlier Twitter).

"The EU ambassadors have just agreed with the proposal to use unpredictable profits related to immobilized assets to support Ukraine's restoration," the statement said. According to Radio Liberty journalist Ricard Josvyak in X X, it is about delaying income from frozen assets of the Russian Federation to a separate account. And this is only the first step. "Now the whole thing is to reconcile the next step: sending money to Ukraine," Josvyak said.

Earlier, the media reported that the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the EU supported the introduction of income tax from frozen assets of the Russian Federation. The EU, the Great Seven countries and Australia have decided to freeze about 260 billion euros ($ 283 billion) of the Russian Central Bank's assets in the form of cash and securities, with more than two thirds immobilized in the European Union.