EU Leaders Agree on 90 Billion-Euro Loan to Ukraine after a Plan to Use Russian Assets Unravels

The Associated Press
11:55 JST,
December 20, 2025
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders agreed on Friday to provide a massive interest-free loan to Ukraine to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years, but they failed to bridge differences with Belgium that would have allowed them to use frozen Russian assets to raise the funds.
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