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The United Kingdom is prepared to move forward with using the total value of seized Russian holdings to aid the Ukrainian defense operations, Leader Sir Keir Starmer has stated.

In a joint statement, the heads of state of the UK, the French Republic, and the Federal Republic of Germany stated that this joint measure would heighten pressure on Moscow's head Vladimir Putin and urge Russia to come to the table.

They clarified that the decision would be executed in close cooperation with the America.

UK sanctions have immobilized over £25bn of Russia's resources since Moscow began its full-scale invasion against Ukraine in 2022. But, until now, money allocated to Ukraine using Russia's assets had exclusively been drawn from profits and interest earned on them.

Sir Keir told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the United Kingdom, the French Republic, and Germany were united in their goal to push forward toward using the complete amount of the frozen Russian sovereign funds to halt hostilities.

He stated that further sanctions over the next period would heighten the tension on the Russian government.

This declaration comes after European representatives met in Copenhagen last week to debate employing immobilized Russian funds for a €140 billion credit to Ukraine.

In the previous month, President Donald Trump called on international partners to take or employ frozen Russian assets, as reported by reports.

The worth of seized Russia's holdings in the Europe is estimated to be approximately €211bn.

Leader Zelensky encourages UK's Sir Keir Starmer to take part in the PURL initiative

The Russian government launched large-scale missile and drone strikes all over Ukraine on Friday, leading to power cuts in many areas of Kyiv, the city, and eight other regions.

Several persons were fatally injured and no fewer than 20 people were injured in the strike, the Ukrainian government reported.

In a message on an online platform subsequent to the strike, Zelensky stated that the premeditated assault focused on non-military and power facilities.

"What's needed is not just talk but concrete steps - from the United States, the European Union, and the G7 - in supplying air defence systems and applying penalties," he stated.

"Every sanction decision undermines Russia's war machine," Zelensky noted, in a additional update.

Additionally that day, Zelensky informed reporters he would encourage Sir Keir to participate in the Purl programme, under which alliance members purchase arms from the United States to provide to the Ukrainian forces.

While praising the UK's strong support for Kyiv, he remarked it should demonstrate clearly that it would engage in the system, as well as enforce additional sanctions on Moscow.

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