BRUSSELS: European Union leaders are gathering Thursday for a summit aimed at agreeing on a massive loan to cover Ukraine’s military and other financial needs for the next two years. The leaders will also discuss migration, the bloc’s enlargement policy, trade and economies, but working out how to fund most of the 137 billion euros ($160 billion) the International Monetary Fund says war-ravaged Ukraine needs is top priority. “It is up to us to choose how we fund Ukraine’s fight. We know the urgency. It is acute. We all feel it.

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