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European leaders are meeting in Brussels to decide whether to use more than $200 billion worth of seized Russian assets to underwrite a huge loan for Ukraine at what's viewed as a make-or-break summit.
The bloc is scrambling to strengthen Kiev's hand as Russia's war approaches its four-year mark.
Here in the UK, the British government is trying to raise funds for Ukraine by going after the former owner of Chelsea Football Club.
Roman Abramovich was hit with sanctions over his alleged links to the Kremlin in 2022, triggering the sale of the Premier League club and a freeze of the funds.
The oligarch had promised to donate the $3.3 billion in proceeds to victims of Russia's war.
And Prime Minister Keir Starmer now says he has to pay up or face court.
The BBC understands Mr Abramovich has 90 days to act.
The Spectator magazine's Owen Matthews is a Russia analyst.
Abramovich is definitely one of the people who I think we can class as the baddies of the 90s.
He was one of the oligarchs who took over vast chunks of the Russian state when the Russian state was completely poor.
And roughly between $9 and $12 billion is his estimated wealth over the last few years.
It fluctuates.