The United States has notified European countries that it would like to use frozen Russian assets as part of a settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, APA reports citing The Washington Post newspaper.
"The Europeans had received clear signals that the U.S. administration wants to use the assets in a settlement, raising the specter of a clash with Europe’s leaders," the newspaper notes. According to the publication, after Washington proposed its 28-point plan for settling the Ukrainian crisis in November, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever and other European leaders "have faced pressure from US officials."