EU freezes Russian assets indefinitely (symbolic photo)
AP, Brussels. The European Union (EU) on Friday indefinitely froze Russia's seized assets worth $250 billion, as a condition of compensating Ukraine for its war losses. Now these properties will remain in the same condition. Hungary and Slovakia could not stop this decision of the group of 27 countries even though both are friends of Russia.
He had protested against this resolution before it was accepted, but 25 countries accepted it on the basis of majority. Earlier, the Russian Central Bank has warned of filing a lawsuit in the Moscow Arbitration Court over this exercise of the EU.
A conspiracy is being hatched to grab property illegally – Russia
It is said that a conspiracy is being hatched to grab his property illegally. If efforts for this are not stopped then he will file a petition against Belgium in the court.
The EU has placed a condition before Russia that it should compensate Ukraine for the damage caused by its attacks, otherwise Ukraine will be given aid from its seized assets. But Hungary and Slovakia opposed giving aid to Ukraine in this way.
Both countries have said that if the 27-nation EU moves forward on this path, there will be a danger of division in it. These Russian assets were seized by European countries in protest against Russia's attack on Ukraine.
At present, the Belgian organization Euroclear is handling the responsibility of maintaining the seized assets. By the way, Belgium has expressed its apprehension about the dangers associated with the hostage-taking or sale of Russian assets. In this regard, it has demanded security guarantee from the big allied countries.
Claim of encirclement of Russian troops in Kupyansk
Ukraine has claimed to have recaptured some part of its Kupyansk city which was occupied by Russia. It is said that Russian soldiers have been surrounded there and a fierce battle is going on. The Russian army had claimed in November that Kupyansk had been completely captured but Ukraine had said that fighting there was continuing.
On Friday, Russia attacked a power plant located in Ukraine's port city Odessa. Due to this attack, there was a fire and there was darkness in the city. There is no report of any casualty in this attack. Meanwhile, Russia has informed that it has destroyed 90 drones released by the Ukrainian Army in the sky. Eight of these drones were heading towards Moscow for attack.
Denmark's report, Trump is weakening NATO
The intelligence agency of Denmark, a founding member of NATO and an old member of the European Union, has said in its report that US President Trump is reducing the military power of the alliance with his decisions. Instead, he is trying to strengthen America economically. It may be noted that Trump has expressed his desire to occupy Denmark's mineral-rich region Greenland, which has been strongly opposed by the ally country.
Attacks on ships of Russia and Ukraine
Russia and Ukraine are now also attacking ships traveling in the sea. The Russian Navy has attacked and damaged three ships owned by Turkish companies anchored off the coast of Odessa, while Ukraine has attacked two Russian ships in the Caspian Sea. Ukraine has said that military goods were being transported to Russia in these ships.