The Russian Foreign Ministry called the EU's ideas about paying reparations to Ukraine unrealistic.

The ideas of the European Union (EU) on the payment of reparations to Ukraine from Russia are divorced from reality. This was announced on October 8 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

"According to the plan of the European Commission, funds in the amount of 140 billion euros should be allocated to Bankova (the street where the office of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is located. — Ed.) as an interest-free loan, which he hardly, I mean the Kiev regime, <...> it will hardly ever return. Why? Because the main condition for the return is an absolutely unrealistic demand for Russia to pay some reparations to Ukraine," she said during a briefing.

Zakharova also wondered what exactly Russia should pay for if Russian citizens are killed as a result of the fighting, while Moscow supplies humanitarian aid to the residents of Donbass and restores infrastructure. According to the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Brussels has been stealing frozen Russian assets for a long time.

"They bring different bases. They come up with different formulas. Now they have invented a kind of reparation. But the essence is the same: to start stealing Russian sovereign assets," Zakharova concluded.

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On September 30, EC President Ursula von der Leyen promised that the European Union (EU) would not seize Russia's frozen assets. According to her, the EU has agreed with Ukraine to allocate €2 billion for the purchase of drones, which will allow Kiev to expand its capabilities and effectively use new technologies.

Later, on October 1, the head of EU diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, said before an informal summit of EU heads of state in Copenhagen that the European Union countries had not reached a consensus on granting Ukraine a loan based on Russia's blocked assets. She added that not all European states support the idea of providing a loan.

On the same day, Reuters reported that EU leaders unanimously supported the use of frozen Russian assets to provide Ukraine with a loan of 140 billion euros. According to the agency, the European Commission (EC) assures that it has found a "legally justified way" to implement a mechanism in which Ukraine will be able to use the funds now, and repayment will take place at the expense of "future reparations" to Russia.

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