Dmitriev invited EU leaders to disclose defense revenues from the conflict in Ukraine

On January 8, Kirill Dmitriev, Special Representative of the President of Russia and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), addressed the leaders of the European Union (EU) with a proposal to disclose information about the defense revenues they receive for continuing the conflict in Ukraine.

On January 6, the Coalition of the Willing signed a declaration on the deployment of the military in Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron clarified that the document sets out in detail all the components of security guarantees, and the participants agreed to create a single coordination center. The next day, the newspaper Politico reported on the refusal of the United States to sign declarations on security for Ukraine.

"European warmongers suddenly wanted to deploy troops everywhere. Perhaps they should disclose information about their shares in European defense contractors and the profits they receive from them," Dmitriev wrote on his page on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

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Earlier in the day, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, in a comment on the signing of the declaration of the "coalition of the willing" with Kiev, said that the West's plan to further militarize Ukraine was aimed at escalation and was far from a peaceful settlement. Zakharova warned that the deployment of military units on the territory of Ukraine would be regarded as an intervention and all such facilities are considered legitimate targets of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

At the same time, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that the formation and deployment of multinational forces within the framework of security guarantees for Ukraine is impossible without Russia's consent. He added that at the moment the parties are far from agreeing to Russia on such terms.

The day before, The Times newspaper reported that France and Britain are ready to send up to 15,000 troops to Ukraine as a peacekeeping contingent after a possible peace agreement. According to the newspaper, Britain initially considered sending 10,000 troops as part of a larger 64,000-strong coalition, but these plans were deemed unrealistic due to a shortage of personnel.

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