Ukrainian hopes of being able to repurpose frozen Russian assets to pay for war damage were dashed on Saturday as Germany’s foreign minister highlighted the hurdles to such an approach. Ukrainian officials have pushed for weeks for frozen Russian assets to be transferred to Kiev, to cover the costs of repairing destruction caused by Russia’s invasion or even to pay for Ukraine’s defence efforts. But German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, speaking at the end of a G7 foreign ministers’ conference she hosted, said there were multiple problems with such an approach. “Gaining access to frozen m…