October 24, 2025

Reuters. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday (October 23) that Ukraine should be able to use Russia’s frozen assets for domestic weapons production and to purchase European and U.S. weapons.   The president’s comments came as European Union leaders gathered at a summit in Brussels are set to agree in principle to finance Ukraine…

Reuters. Russia said on Thursday (October 23 ) it will deliver a “painful response” to any move by the European Union to seize its frozen assets.   The warning came as EU leaders met in Brussels to discuss a plan to use the assets as the basis for a 140 billion euro ($163 billion) “reparations…