Reuters: The Kremlin invented a way to save its frozen assets
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Reuters: The Kremlin invented a way to save its frozen assets

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Russia announced its alleged readiness to use frozen assets due to the unleashed criminal war against Ukraine to compensate countries affected by climate change.

What is known about the Kremlin's desire to save its frozen assets

According to the publication, the representative of the aggressor country on climate issues, Ruslan Edelgeriev, said at the COP28 summit (a conference of the participants of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) that such a decision would allegedly help reduce the gap between developed and developing countries.

However, according to journalists of the publication, the statement of the Russian representative indicates the Kremlin's attempts to prevent Western countries from taking possession of their frozen assets.

We are ready to announce that Russia is considering a voluntary financial contribution to the compensation fund from the frozen national gold reserves, which are kept by international organizations, Edelgeriev said.

What is known about the EU plan regarding the frozen assets of the Russian Federation

Soon, the European Commission plans to support a legal proposal on using revenues from Russian assets frozen under sanctions due to the war against Ukraine.

They intend to adopt the draft law on December 12.

What is essential to understand is that this will happen on the eve of the final summit of the 27 EU leaders.

Despite this, according to insiders, the team of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy should not wait for instant good news about receiving funds from frozen Russian assets.

The main reason is that Belgium, Germany and France are still not convinced of the correctness of this decision.

First, it is essential to consider that this decision requires the unanimous support of 27 EU member states.

In addition, it is indicated that the proposal will not contain a direct recommendation to transfer new revenues from these assets to the EU budget due to legal risks, management issues and criticism from the European Central Bank.

According to one insider, some bloc members still have legal concerns.

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The Russian army may change the priority of the offensive at the front

ISW analyzed the situation on the front
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According to American analysts, the Russian command may prioritize an offensive on Konstantinovka in the spring and summer of 2025. This could slow down the advance of the Russian army in the Pokrovskoye direction.

Points of attention

  • The capture of Pokrovsk was an important operational objective for Russian forces in the Donetsk region.
  • However, the redeployment of forces to the Konstantinovka direction indicates a possible change in the enemy's plans.

ISW analyzed the situation on the front

The American Institute for the Study of War draws attention to the fact that the advance of Russian troops south and southwest of Pokrovsk has slowed down over the past two weeks.

What is important to understand is that the capture of Pokrovsk has been the main operational goal of the Russian army in the Donetsk region since February 2024.

The Russian military command could have redeployed elements of the 8th ZVA (Russian Combined Arms Army — ed.) to reinforce degraded Russian units in the Pokrovsky direction if Russia intended to continue to consider this task a priority in 2025.

According to American analysts, the redeployment of significant Russian forces to the Konstantinovka direction indicates that the Russian military command may have identified an offensive on Konstantinovka as a priority task for the spring and summer of 2025.

By the way, February 15 was the hardest day on the front in 2025. So, over the past 24 hours, there were 250 combat clashes between Russian invaders and Ukrainian defenders.

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