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Watch the video: Russian frozen assets — what's next?  "You don't have the cards" — that is what US President Donald Trump told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier this year. But Brussels thought it held an ace: the frozen Russian assets. Now, the 28-point US peace plan has called out Europe’s hand.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/24/watch-the-video-russian-frozen-assets-whats-next  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00You don't have the cards. That is what Donald Trump told President Zelensky earlier this year.

00:08But Brussels thought it held an ace – the frozen Russian assets.

00:12Now the 28-point US peace plan has called out Europe's hand.

00:17And the pot is massive.

00:19Estimated 300 billion euros in Russian central bank assets are frozen across the G7 countries.

00:26The vast majority – 185 billion euros – is locked right here in Belgium by Euroclear, a securities depository.

00:35Brussels planned to use the Russian frozen assets to issue an unprecedented reparations loan for Ukraine.

00:42But the US plan flips the script with a controversial proposal – unblock the funds and split them into two investment vehicles.

00:50Fund number one – for Ukraine's reconstruction.

00:54100 billion dollars of the frozen assets would be deployed and Europe would have to front another 100 billion of its own cash.

01:02The catch? The US takes 50% of the profits.

01:05Fund number two – a US-Russian joint venture.

01:09The rest of the money will be invested in projects for Moscow.

01:13Far from paying reparations for attacking its neighbour, the Kremlin is rewarded with a commercial opportunity.

01:19The result? Moscow gets a win, Washington flips a profit, and Europe loses its main leverage.

01:26Brussels is nuts at the table.

01:29And it may end up reduced to a spectator with a very expensive bill to pay.

01:34The US and the US and the US and the US have to work and other companies–

01:53– which is a very expensive bill to pay.

01:55The US and the US left the US of the US and the US, and the US will have to pay for the US.

01:59The US and the US will only get to the US and the US to the US for the US.

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