US Proposes Europe Unfreeze Russian Assets for Peace Talks

The United States has proposed that European countries unfreeze a portion of Russian sovereign assets and transfer them to a Washington-supervised fund to revive peace negotiations, according to the Financial Times. The proposal was made during talks last week in Miami between US peace negotiators and representatives from Ukraine, France, Germany, the UK, the EU, and NATO. European officials have rejected the plan, presented by US envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The move has raised strong concerns in European capitals and Kyiv, questioning US intentions and its markedly different approach to pressuring Moscow to end the invasion of Ukraine.