Reuters · October 14, 2026

United States Proposed Unfreezing Some Russian Sovereign Assets to Revive Ukraine Peace Talks, Financial Times Reports

• The United States proposed that European countries unfreeze some Russian sovereign assets immobilised after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and transfer them to a vehicle overseen by Washington, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people briefed on the matter.
• The plan was pitched by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the Financial Times said, according to the report.
• European delegates rebuffed the plan, the Financial Times said, according to the report.
• Reuters said it could not immediately verify the report.

Proposal, presenters and European response via the Financial Times, cited in the original report. No response from Russian authorities is documented in the source. Original headline: "US floats unfreezing some Russian assets to restart Ukraine peace talks, FT reports".