Russia will demand compensation from Europe for its contribution to the war in Ukraine
26 July 20:11
Russia will seek compensation from Europe for losses incurred as a result of the war with Ukraine, said Alexei Chepa, first deputy chairman of the State Duma’s Committee on International Affairs. According to him, European countries must pay for their role in fueling the “conflict,” reports "Komersant Ukrainian", citing Russian propaganda media.
“We will demand compensation from Europe; this issue will be raised constantly. I am absolutely certain that we have enough strength to force Europe to do this,” Chepa said. He added that Russia also intends to recover $300 billion of its assets frozen in the West following the invasion of Ukraine.
Alexander Voloshin, a member of the Federation Council from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, agreed that Russia should present demands to the West for compensation for the war. In his view, Ukraine is unable to compensate for the damages to the Donbas, the occupied parts of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, and the Russian border area—damages estimated by Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin at 1 trillion rubles.
Voloshin emphasized that this burden must be borne by the countries that “supported the escalation of the conflict, financed Kyiv’s military machine, and consistently rejected any attempts at a peaceful settlement.”
“If Western governments found hundreds of billions to supply weapons, then they must understand that sooner or later they will also have to pay for the destroyed cities, schools, and hospitals. This is a matter of political responsibility for waging an aggressive war and killing our citizens,” the senator stated.
Earlier, the Kremlin accused the West of allowing the “special military operation” against Ukraine to escalate into a war that has now been ongoing for five years. Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov noted that, had it not been for NATO’s assistance, the conflict would not have reached such proportions, but now “Kyiv is backed by Berlin, Paris, The Hague, and Oslo, and, unfortunately, Washington.”
According to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, from the start of the Russian invasion in 2022 through January 2026, the U.S. has allocated €114.6 billion in aid to Ukraine, while European countries have provided €270 billion. Western allies are also providing the Ukrainian Armed Forces with intelligence.
By June 2026, Russian losses on the front lines had reached 1.4 million people, including 450,000 killed, according to estimates by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
The “special military operation” has reduced many settlements in southern and eastern Ukraine to ruins; the Donbas region lacks basic amenities, including a severe shortage of drinking water. On July 26, Putin reiterated that Russia “has not started any war,” but is merely responding to hostilities “unleashed by the Kyiv regime with Western support.” He emphasized that there is “no aggression whatsoever” on the part of the Russian Federation.
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