
"It is only right that the Russian state is made to pay for the destruction it has created." Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy said: "Sixteen months after Putin's invasion, Ukraine has been left with mass graves, cities turned to rubble and vital infrastructure destroyed. The party will use a Commons opposition day motion that would call on ministers to "present a bill before this House within 90 days to allow frozen Russian state assets held in the UK to be repurposed for Ukraine's recovery".

Meanwhile, Labour has said the government should bring forward draft legislation after the summer break that would allow sanctioned Russian assets to be used for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
