00:01European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen condemned what she called
00:06horrible atrocities by Moscow on Wednesday following a deadly overnight attack on the
00:10Kyiv region. She said Ukraine would soon receive 1.4 billion euros from proceeds generated by
00:17immobilized Russian assets to fund its war effort. The EU froze around 200 billion euros of Russia's
00:24international reserves shortly after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. While
00:31the assets remain untouched, the profits generated from them have been used to support Ukraine.
00:36Von der Leyen announced the latest funding after at least 17 people were killed in Russian ballistic
00:42missile and drone attacks on Kyiv. Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine in recent
00:47weeks, striking several civilian targets. Four previous tranches of windfall profits from
00:54Russia's frozen assets have been transferred to Kyiv, the latest in March this year,
00:58with Wednesday's announcement bringing the total to 8 billion euros.
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