Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has expressed optimism that the global initiative to finance Ukraine’s military efforts through frozen Russian assets will soon be implemented.
The U.S. and its G7 allies are advancing discussions on tapping into profits from frozen Russian assets to provide Ukraine with urgently needed funds, a senior US Treasury official said.
Options include using assets as collateral for Ukraine to borrow against or following EU's approach of segregating interest earned on Russian assets to transfer to Ukraine
Amid mounting uncertainties surrounding Ukraine's financial future, a proposal by the United States to harness future interest earned on frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine is gaining momentum among the Group of Seven nations.
Lagarde said it was not possible to transition from freezing assets to potentially confiscating and reallocating them, a process she described as fraught with legal peril.
The European Union is embarking on a initiative to expedite the release of up to €3 billion in funding for Ukraine, generated from frozen Russian assets.
The US has proposed G7 working groups study ways to confiscate $300 billion in frozen Russian assets and use them to support Ukraine before the February 24 invasion anniversary.