Write to letters@thetimes.co.ukSir, Rachel Reeves’s financial package for Ukraine funded by frozen Russian state assets in the UK is welcome, but it does not go far enough. Only the interest on the assets is being used. What Ukraine desperately needs is repurposing of the entire principal for reparations to Ukraine that Russia owes but will never voluntarily pay. The government has for months said it is “considering” this issue, but it urgently needs to come off the fence before it is too late for Ukraine. Leading international lawyers have said it is legal; Rishi Sunak, the former prime minister and chancellor, explained last week how it will not set any undue precedent (save to

Source: The Times March 03, 2025 00:22 UTC