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Le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky le 18 décembre 2025 à Bruxelles. — Le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky, le 18 décembre 2025, à Bruxelles. © Omar Havana, AP

The EU agrees to help Ukraine financially without Russian assets

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Issued on: 19/12/2025 - 12:12

All eyes were on Brussels as EU leaders met for a make-or-break summit to find a way to lend billions of euros to Ukraine. But as Belgium pushed back against the use of frozen Russian assets, demanding guarantees against potential repercussions from Russia, the EU settled on another plan: a €90 billion loan to Ukraine, which will only have to be repaid one Russia pays reparations.

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