The UK has agreed on a new loan to Ukraine at the expense of frozen assets of the Russian Federation

Great Britain, together with France and other allies, has agreed on a new loan Ukraine at the expense of profits from frozen Russian assets. This was announced on March 3 by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

"On Saturday, we also agreed on a new loan to Ukraine in the amount of 2.2 billion pounds, supported not by British taxpayers, but by profits from frozen Russian assets," Starmer said during a speech in the House of Commons of the British Parliament.

According to him, the issue of using Russian frozen assets is "very complex and ambiguous."

"But I think we need to do a lot of work, and we are doing it to understand what, at least, there are opportunities along with other countries. But I'm not going to pretend that it's simple and understandable," the Prime Minister concluded.

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Earlier on March 3, economist Maxim Chirkov said that the European href="https://iz.ru/1848032/2025-03-03/ekonomist-predrek-negativnye-posledstviia-ot-iziatiia-zamorozhennykh-aktivov-rf " target="_blank">the economy risks facing negative consequences due to the confiscation of Russian assets, which may lead to a decrease in its attractiveness to investors and business partners. It is impossible to legally withdraw them, he stated.

On the same day, Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that attempts to seize Russia's frozen assets for transfer to Ukraine would have href="https://iz.ru/1847963/2025-03-03/v-kremle-predupredili-o-posledstviah-peredaci-zamorozennyh-aktivov-rf-kievu " target="_blank">serious legal consequences. He noted that there have been more and more such ideas in the West lately. According to Peskov, the sensible voices of those who urge to come to their senses and not destroy investor confidence turned out to be in the minority.