Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys ShmyhalWASHINGTON, Apr 24 Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said that Ukrainian authorities are negotiating with the United States and other Western countries on the use of Russian assets frozen by the West. «We are having these negotiations with the United States, with all our partners. This is a very important international issue, the task and goal is to find a solution how to use these frozen assets for financing the restoration of Ukraine in this case,» Shmygal told the American CBS TV channel.The West is preparing for eternal warOn Saturday, the State Department and the White House informed that Shmygal met in Washington with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and National Security Adviser to the US President Jake Sullivan to discuss American assistance to his country and continue pressure on Russia. Western countries, against the background of a special operation in Ukraine, introduced harsh sanctions against Russia, including freezing the country's foreign exchange reserves: Finance Minister Anton Siluanov earlier estimated that about half, or about $300 billion, of Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves were frozen. The head of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, noted that the Russian authorities are preparing lawsuits to challenge the freezing of the country's international reserves. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
