Hesitant EU leaders agree to loan Ukraine €90b but were divided on whether to appropriate frozen Russian assets

Hesitant EU leaders agree to loan Ukraine €90b but were divided on whether to appropriate frozen Russian assets

The idea of EU borrowing initially seemed unworkable as it requires unanimity and Hungary’s Russia-friendly Prime Minister Viktor Orban had opposed it. But Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic agreed to let the scheme go ahead as long as it did not impact them financially.

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