EU leaders to vote on plan to loan Kyiv $105B of frozen Russia assets - UPI.com

Dec. 18 (UPI) -- European Union leaders, gathered for a crucial summit in Brussels on Thursday on whether the bloc should divert frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, were told it was a choice between "money today or blood tomorrow."

The warning from Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk made it clear he believed failure to hold the line in Ukraine would lead to European blood being spilt in the future.

"We have a simple choice: either money today, or blood tomorrow. I'm not talking about Ukraine only, I'm talking about Europe," Tusk told reporters as he arrived at the European Council meeting.

"This is our decision to make and only ours. I think all European leaders have to finally rise to this occasion," he added.

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