According to the politician, he discussed the relevant issues with the Executive Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis.
“We discussed the issues of rapid restoration of Ukraine.
This year, $17 billion is needed for these needs. One of the key sources of funding is Russian assets,” Shmyhal wrote in his Telegram.
The Ukrainian prime minister announced the need to create a real mechanism for sending them to compensate for losses.
Earlier, the EU legal service notified the EU countries that there were grounds for temporarily using at least €33.8 billion from the frozen assets of the Bank of Russia to restore Ukraine.
On January 22, the Swiss Minister of Economy, Education and Research, Guy Parmelan, said that the transfer of Russian assets frozen in Switzerland to Ukraine would violate the law.