Speaking in Kyiv, Mr Blinken said Washington has the power to seize Russian assets in the US and will use them to help rebuild Ukraine.
He also said that Ukraine is getting “closer to Nato”.
Earlier, the top US diplomat told Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky that military aid is “now on its way”.
“What Putin destroyed, Russia should - must - pay to rebuild. It’s what international law demands. And it’s what the Ukrainian people deserve,” Mr Blinken said during his speech at Kyiv Polytechnic University.
“Our Congress has given us the power to seize Russian assets in the US, and we intend to use it,” he said.
Solving all future problems is not the goal of reparations. I wonder why you specifically chose WWI btw, didn’t WWII also have reparations?
After WW2 it was more like they split Germany into parts and “occupied” the remaining industry and workforce for reparations. There wasn’t much of the original Reich left that could’ve paid reparations.
WW2 was about containing the USSR. Even before Germany fell Churchill was warning about Russia. He wanted to free Eastern Europe before the Soviets got there. But the Americans cared more about glory and wanted to capture Berlin so Eastern Europe was abandoned.
Even after WW2 there was talk of invading Russia.