Give $100 billion of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine

Published February 21, 2024 3:20pm ET



A challenge facing Ukraine is the uncertain willingness of its U.S. and European partners to continue providing financial aid support to Kyiv. But what if those responsible for Ukraine’s misery were made to pick up the tab? Wouldn’t that make pretty obvious sense?

Assuming so, there’s an easy option here that has yet to be adopted. The United States and its allies could provide Kyiv with Russian funds frozen in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion.

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