EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas leads reaction as reports circulate about a secret plan between Moscow and Washington to end the war
Meanwhile, we are getting a news line via Reuters that the Russian parliament said that any potential EU seizure of frozen Russian assets must be met by a claim for damages against Belgium and Euroclear.
The risk of such legal challenge has been the main reason for Belgium’s opposition to proposed EU measures, and this is unlikely to change now that Moscow spelled this risk out so explicitly.