Russian assets not the focus now, Brussels says as calls grow louder

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11/09/2026 - 15:49 GMT+2

The immobilised assets from the Russian Central Bank are not "the primary focus" at the moment, the European Commission said on Friday amid growing calls to channel the €210 billion into additional support for cash-strapped Ukraine.

Sweden, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain, backed by the Baltics, have asked the executive to devise new legal options to tap the assets.

Ukraine has endorsed the initiative and pitched creating an EU-owned custodian to hold the assets kept at Euroclear, a depository in central Brussels.