The aid allocated to Kyiv will take the form of a zero-interest loan, after the bloc failed to agree on using frozen Russian assets. Meanwhile, the free trade agreement with the South American Mercosur trade bloc was postponed to January, as Italy joined France in blocking it.

Mediazioni in corso con Belgio sull’uso degli asset russi, si prevede seduta fiume

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.