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2025-12-18 06:26:20
[US Pressures EU Member States to Block Use of Frozen Russian Assets to Aid Ukraine] 1. According to media reports, the US government has been exerting continuous pressure on EU member states, aiming to prevent the EU from using frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine at the EU summit on December 18-19. 2. The report indicates that US officials bypassed EU leadership and held secret contacts directly with several EU member state governments. Against this backdrop, Italy, Bulgaria, Malta, and the Czech Republic have joined the ranks of those opposing the plan. A senior EU official familiar with US-EU relations and the summit preparations commented, "They want to weaken us."
