Medvedev was reacting to reports that the United Kingdom (UK) had transferred $1.3 billion to Ukraine, derived from profits from the use of frozen Russian funds.

"Britain committed a crime, and, as lawyers say, Russia has acquired the right to demand (restitution - ed. post) from it and present-day Ukraine."

However, since this money cannot be recovered in court for obvious reasons, our country is left with only one way to recover these funds - directly.

"This is the land of Ukraine and other real estate and movable property located on its territory," Medvedev wrote on his Telegram channel.

He clarified that this does not apply to the lands of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions, which were partially occupied by Russian troops.

Medvedev also added that Moscow could seize UK resources and investments located in Russia.

Earlier, UK Defense Secretary John Healey said that London had transferred military equipment to Kyiv for $1.3 billion, obtained from frozen Russian funds.

In total, hundreds of thousands of artillery shells, hundreds of anti-aircraft missiles, and other necessary equipment were purchased for Kyiv.

In addition, over the past 50 days, Ukraine has received 4.7 million rounds of small-caliber ammunition, more than 2,500 drones, more than 200 electronic warfare systems, and additional equipment for air defense from London.

The UK government has also provided Ukraine with a £2.26 billion loan, which will also be repaid using proceeds from frozen Russian funds.

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Western countries have frozen about $300 billion in the Russian Central Bank's foreign exchange reserves.

More than a third of them are in the Belgian depository Euroclear. In the first half of 2025, Ukraine received a total of 10.1 billion euros in income from frozen funds. These funds were used to finance military and civilian projects.