Brussels Edition

EU Steps Up Pursuit of Frozen Russian Assets to Aid Ukraine

The Commission is making a fresh push to get an agreement over the line.
Kaja Kallas, vice president of the European Commission, in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025Photographer: Wiktor Dabkowski/Bloomberg

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After being blindsided by the US-Russian 28-point peace proposal for Ukraine last week, the European Union is holding a series of meetings today as it tries to get ahead of rapidly-changing developments.