BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Estonia has launched a new push to get fellow EU members to agree to seize frozen Russian assets and use them to help Ukraine, dismissing a Russian idea on how the money could be used as part of a peace deal.

Russia would insist that part of the money is spent on the one-fifth of the country that Moscow's forces control, three sources told Reuters.

Ukrainian officials asked US President Donald Trump’s administration to let them use frozen Russian assets worth $300 billion to buy US-made weapons, according to European officials familiar with the matter.

The European Union is studying additional ways to use Russian assets frozen on its territory, including their seizure, to compensate Ukraine for damages. Source: Bloomberg, as reported by European Pravda Details: Bloomberg's interlocutors report that EU officials are discussing various ways to use Russian assets within the framework of the

Russia is considering the possibility of using $300 billion of frozen sovereign assets for Ukraine's post-war reconstruction, contingent on a portion being allocated to Russian-controlled areas. Preliminary discussions aim to explore potential peace deal compromises as Western leaders debate the assets' future amid geopolitical tensions.