EU officials have been debating ways of confiscating the funds and sending them to Ukraine Germany has raised objections to Brussels’s plan to use frozen Russian Central Bank assets for Ukraine’s reconstruction, warning of the legal and financial risks arising from such a move, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

Global crude prices stabilized on Monday after an armed insurrection by the Wagner private military company was resolved in Russia, one of the world’s top energy exporters. Brent crude futures were up nearly 0.72% at $74.38 per barrel by 07:25 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) traded 0.65% higher at $69.61. Both benchmarks gained…

Germany’s defense minister Boris Pistorious said on Monday that Berlin is to station 4,000 troops to NATO ally Lithuania, as the bloc seeks to fortify ranks close to the borders of Russia’s Kaliningrad.