We must give Ukraine the £25 billion of frozen Russian state assets in the UK

We must give Ukraine the £25 billion of frozen Russian state assets in the UK

On Palm Sunday in Sumy, in north-eastern Ukraine, some Ukrainian Christians were on a bus going to church, clutching willow branches, when a Russian Iskander missile exploded next to the bus. Shrapnel killed and injured bus passengers and others in the street next to the bus who had been taking advantage of the warmer weather to visit cafes and shops. It is reported that 35 are dead and 129 injured, some still in critical condition. Pensioners a…

Luxembourg partly supports using Russian frozen assets for Ukraine

Luxembourg supports a proposal that frozen Russian state assets should be used to help Ukraine in principle, the government has said, but remains vague on how it should work in practice, just as former opponents of the idea are starting to change their stance.