European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in the European Parliament that the EU will use proceeds from frozen Russian assets to purchase weapons for Ukraine.
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The European Union will use the proceeds from Russian financial assets held in European banking institutions to collectively purchase weapons for Ukraine.
Ursula von der Leyen called for proceeds of frozen Russian assets to be used to finance arms purchases for Ukraine, stating 'There could be no stronger symbol and no greater use for that money than to make Ukraine and all of Europe a safer place to live.'
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online participation from Turkey, as well as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The EU will decide next week to allocate 137 billion euros to Poland that were previously frozen.
About 1.4 billion euros of the allocated funds will go to Polish farmers.
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