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The UK is prepared to move forward with utilizing the entire amount of frozen Russian funds to aid the Ukrainian defense operations, PM Sir Keir Starmer has stated.

In a shared declaration, the officials of the UK, the French Republic, and the Federal Republic of Germany emphasized that this joint measure would heighten pressure on Russia's leader Vladimir Putin and urge Moscow to come to the table.

They added that the initiative would be carried out in tight collaboration with the America.

British restrictions have blocked more than £25bn of Russia's assets since Moscow initiated its comprehensive attack against Ukraine in 2022. However, until now, funds allocated to the Ukrainian government using Russian holdings had solely been taken from gains and dividends generated on them.

Sir Keir assured President Volodymyr Zelensky that the United Kingdom, the French Republic, and the Federal Republic of Germany were in agreement in their goal to drive progress toward employing the full value of the seized Russian sovereign holdings to end the war.

He added that more restrictions soon would increase the strain on Russia.

This statement follows European officials convened in Copenhagen recently to consider using seized Russian holdings for a 140-billion-euro financial aid to the Ukrainian nation.

Last month, American leader Donald Trump called on Group of Seven partners to confiscate or employ immobilized Russia's holdings, as reported by media sources.

The total of frozen Russian funds in the Europe is assessed to be almost €211bn.

Leader Zelensky encourages UK's Sir Keir Starmer to participate in the PURL programme

Russia launched widespread missile and drone strikes throughout Ukraine on that day, resulting in blackouts in significant regions of Kyiv, Kyiv, and several other zones.

A pair of individuals were killed and a minimum of 20 people were hurt in the attack, authorities in Ukraine said.

In a update on an online platform following the attack, Zelensky wrote that the strategic strike focused on civilian and energy infrastructure.

"What is required is not just talk but concrete steps - from the US, the European Union, and the Group of Seven - in supplying air defence systems and applying restrictions," he wrote.

"Each restrictive measure diminishes the Russian war effort," Zelensky declared, in a additional update.

Additionally that day, Zelensky informed reporters he would urge Sir Keir to enter the weapons procurement program, under which alliance members acquire military equipment from the US to donate to the Ukrainian forces.

While praising the UK's consistent assistance for Kyiv, he said it should send a clear signal that it would engage in the initiative, as well as enforce additional measures on Moscow.

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