Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a>, and told him that the UK, Germany and France \u201cwere united in wanting to drive progress towards using the full value of the immobilised Russian sovereign assets to end the war and ensure a just and lasting peace in Ukraine\u201d, according to a readout.<\/p>\nSir Keir and the Ukrainian president agreed that \u201cfurther sanctions in the coming days and weeks would also add to the pressure on Russia\u201d, the document added.<\/p>\n
No 10 said: \u201cThe Prime Minister began by sharing his heartfelt condolences to those impacted by the barbaric Russian attacks overnight.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe leaders discussed how Russia\u2019s systematic attacks on Ukraine\u2019s critical national infrastructure in the lead up to winter further emphasised that (Vladimir) Putin was not serious about peace.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was vital Ukraine received the military equipment it needed to defend itself from Russia\u2019s continued aggression, the Prime Minister said.\u201d<\/p>\n
Writing on X, Mr Zelensky said: \u201cI appreciate his words of condolence.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast night, Russia carried out another terrorist attack on our cities and communities.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the targets was Ukraine\u2019s energy system, therefore, we need to strengthen our air defence and expedite every decision regarding missile and system deliveries.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that was the main focus of our conversation with Keir. I am grateful for his understanding of our needs and for his support.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Zelensky later added: \u201cWe are also preparing new sanctions steps against Russia.<\/p>\n
\u201cKeir shared some ideas that could set the right pressure.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery sanction decision weakens Russia\u2019s war machine, and we will continue our joint work with all partners.\u201d<\/p>\n
European Commission vice-president Kaja Kallas gave members of the press in Copenhagen an insight into the structure of the scheme being discussed on the continent, which she said was \u201cbased on the frozen assets\u201d.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cThe system is so that if Russia does not pay the reparations to Ukraine, then, you know, these assets are not given back.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Russia decides, after this war is over, to repay all the damages that they have caused, then of course, these assets will be given back, and this loan is not there.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut if we do not take those assets into account then it is on our taxpayers, that is for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[2000,299,657],"class_list":{"0":"post-489306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115351959851090828","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}