Von der Leyen wants to use frozen Russian money to buy weapons for Ukraine. The EU has frozen around 264 billion euros in Russian assets.
Whether this money should be used to finance the reconstruction of Ukraine or weapons is debatable. The danger of war for the EU "may not be imminent, but it is not impossible," she said, referring to Russia. Armament “massively ramped up” in the next five years, von der Leyan said..