Negotiations among EU leaders continue ahead of critical European Council meeting in Brussels on Thursday

Negotiations among EU leaders continue ahead of critical European Council meeting in Brussels on Thursday

Complex plan would involve EU lending €90bn to Ukraine, which some fear could destabilise Eurozone. Putin says move is akin to ‘theft’

The leaders are to decide whether to loan tens of billions of euros in frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine's military and economic needs.

Pressure is growing on member states to back a €90bn loan for Kyiv ahead of a Brussels summit

Four EU officials said that a key point in the discussion was the idea of excluding Hungary and Slovakia from the general debt repayment scheme, as both countries oppose further…

European leaders gather in Brussels to decide on using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine for the next two years.

European leaders gathering to decide on using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine for the next two years.

European leaders meet in Brussels amid Belgian opposition to plan to use frozen Russian funds to help Ukraine

European leaders gather in Brussels to decide on using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine for the next two years.

The proposal centres on whether the EU can use about $246bn in Russian central bank frozen assets.

At a Brussels summit with exceptionally high stakes for both the EU and Ukraine, EU leaders are set to decide on whether to use tens of billions of euros in frozen Russian assets…

Two-year deal will cover most of Ukraine’s needs, but will be secured against EU borrowing rather than Russian assets

Ukrainian had wanted the EU to use €200 billion of frozen Russian assets but Belgium opposed the move.

This €90bn agreement won out over a plan to use frozen Russian assets, but has been hailed a ‘huge deal for the EU’