The Donald Trump regime has purportedly proposed lifting restrictions on a portion of Russia's frozen state assets under the guise of restarting stalled peace negotiations regarding Ukraine. According to reports from the Financial Times, this disputed initiative failed to gain traction among European nations, laying bare growing transatlantic friction.

Citing Financial Times sources, DW reported that the plan was presented by US special envoy Steven Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner during a recent meeting in Miami with representatives from Ukraine and various European states. The scheme allegedly envisioned transferring a portion of the frozen Russian funds into a special financial vehicle controlled by Washington.

Insiders noted that European delegates strongly opposed both ceding control of the assets to the United States and returning any portion of the frozen funds back to Moscow. Witkoff and Kushner's intervention has reportedly sparked profound anxiety among Ukrainian officials and European diplomats regarding the US regime's unpredictable approach to pressuring Russia.

Financial records show that Western nations froze roughly 260 billion euros in Russian state assets back in February 2022, with the vast majority held within the European Union. While the European regime has thus far avoided directly seizing the principal funds—opting instead to utilize generated revenues for Kyiv's benefit—unfreezing these assets legally requires unanimous consent from all EU member states, making the US-backed proposal exceedingly difficult to execute.

Source: kun.uz