German Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock has chilled Ukraine's hopes for a quick transfer of frozen Russian state funds, DW reports..

" ) is not so simple," “Sanctions give grounds to take this path, but such a step must not be contrary to German law, and must also be confirmed by a decision of the European Court of Justice”.

Earlier, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba at the meeting of the heads of foreign affairs of the Group of Seven (G7) asked Germany and other G7 countries to pass a law allowing to confiscate the assets of the Russian state and provide these funds to Ukraine to restore the country.

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According to his estimates, we are talking about hundreds of billions of dollars and euros.. " I appreciate the positive reaction of the G7 countries to my request," Kuleba noted that Canada has already taken action and he feels others will follow suit "

For his part, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner is positive about the idea of \u200b\u200busing Russian assets to restore war-torn Ukraine.. "

He is more skeptical about the use of the frozen assets of the oligarchs for these purposes.. " In our rule of law state, there are serious obstacles to such actions,"