The European Union has transferred €1.9 billion from frozen assets of the Russian Federation to Ukraine since the beginning of 2025

Since the beginning of 2025, the European Union (EU) has transferred about €1.9 billion of income from Russian assets to Ukraine. This was announced on July 1 by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski during a press conference following Warsaw's presidency of the EU Council.

"During our presidency, we managed to transfer to Ukraine the second tranche of aid in the amount of €1.9 billion from percentages of frozen Russian assets," he was quoted as saying in a broadcast on TVP Info.

It is specified that the funds were allocated to the Ukrainian side to finance the production of weapons.

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