The United States is pressuring many EU countries to refuse to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine's needs. If no decision is made, Kyiv may face economic problems, APA reports, citing Politico.
The EU leaders' summit on Thursday, December 18, will show whether the bloc can maintain unity or whether US President Donald Trump will be able to divide it.
The key issue at this meeting will be whether the European Council can decide to use Russia's frozen assets to finance Ukraine.
According to four EU officials, representatives of the Trump administration have been pressuring European governments to reject the plan to use €210 billion in frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine. At least, pressure is being exerted on those countries that Washington considers most friendly.
"They want to make us weak," says a senior EU official familiar with transatlantic relations during preparations for the summit.
Politico notes that when EU leaders met in Brussels in October, they failed to reach an agreement on Russia's frozen assets because Belgium opposed it. But two months later, it became clear that the EU's problem was not so much Belgium as US President Donald Trump.
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