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2025-09-14 22:01:57
According to RT, the Finnish newspaper Iltalehti reported on September 13th that Finnish President Stubb and former British Prime Minister Johnson clashed over security guarantees for Ukraine at the Yalta European Strategy (YES) conference in Kyiv. During the conference, Johnson, in the audience, questioned Stubb about why €300 billion worth of frozen Russian assets couldn't be released to support Ukraine. Stubb argued that Russian assets could be used for reconstruction or as war reparations, but some EU countries, particularly Belgium, were concerned about legal consequences. Stubb then issued a pointed remark to Johnson, saying, "I didn't want to say this in your presence, but one of the best security guarantees for Ukraine is membership in the European Union," implying that Johnson was one of the key architects of Brexit. Johnson took the remark offensive, criticizing the "Coalition of the Willing" for being too passive and questioning why it didn't send troops to Ukraine. Ultimately, the two sides failed to reach a concrete conclusion. US Special Envoy Keith Kellogg and US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant also attended the meeting.
