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Volodymyr Zelenskyy: “The EU decided to freeze Russian assets indefinitely.”

Featuring: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Servant of the People | President of Ukraine | International

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos — 1/22/26

Published | Video Starts at 06:30

It's true. It's Putin who's trying to decide how the frozen Russian assets should be used, not those who have the power to punish him for this war. Thankfully, The EU decided to freeze Russian assets indefinitely. And I'm grateful for that. Thanks, Ursula. Thanks Antonio and all the leaders who helped. But when the time came to use the assets to defend against Russian aggression, the decision was blocked. (06:30–06:35)

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Asserts that the European Union has indefinitely frozen Russian assets.

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