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    ‘Immense frustration’ over delays releasing Chelsea Ukraine cash, says minister

    by Richard Wheeler Feb 28, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Archive

    The UK Government has expressed “immense frustration” over delays in releasing funds from the sale of Chelsea Football Club to help Ukraine war victims.

    Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell said the Government was doing “everything we can within significant and irritating levels of difficulty” to get the money deployed.

    Roman Abramovich sold Chelsea after he was sanctioned as part of the UK’s efforts to target Russian oligarchs following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

    There is immense

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