Vladimir Zelensky. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 6Vladimir Zelensky claims $765 million worth of «Russian assets» have already been seized in Ukraine. officials, assets worth 28 billion hryvnia ($765 million at the rate of the National Bank of Ukraine — ed.) have already been forcibly seized in Ukraine. This work is ongoing. It is proposed to confiscate more than 900 objects belonging to the Russian state. And if we evaluate the property of not only a terrorist state, but and its residents, then we are talking about 36,000 items subject to seizure,» Zelensky said in a statement published on the website of his office. Earlier, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmygal said that the Cabinet on Friday agreed on Zelensky's decree on the confiscation of property and assets of Russia in the Ukrainian territory. We are talking about 903 objects, the proceeds, as Shmygal suggests, will go to the defense and restoration of Ukraine. Earlier, Zelensky signed a law on the «compulsory seizure» in Ukraine of objects of property of the Russian Federation and its residents. In addition, he threatened to do everything to confiscate the property of «Russian propagandists», without explaining who exactly he was talking about. According to the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian assets totaling more than $1 billion have already been seized. Zelensky
