Support for Ukraine from Belgium
At a joint briefing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Kroo announced the creation of a special fund to support Ukraine worth €1.7 billion, which will be filled by taxation of Russian assets frozen in the country.
Belgium will continue to support Ukraine in three areas:
- military assistance
- economic sanctions;
- creation of a 1.7 billion euro fund for Ukraine.
The source of this fund will be billions of dollars in Russian assets frozen in Belgium. It was also noted that the fund was created to purchase military equipment, humanitarian support, the European Peace Fund, macro-financial assistance, etc.
