BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Estonia has launched a new push to get fellow EU members to agree to seize frozen Russian assets and use them to help Ukraine, dismissing a Russian idea on how the money could be used as part of a peace deal.

The U.S. is lobbying countries around the world to oppose a resolution brought forward at the U.N. General Assembly by Ukraine and European countries.

"Today is a special day," she said in Brussels on Feb. 24 ahead of a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council. “First, it is Estonia's Independence Day, where we celebrate our freedom and independence.