Europe plans to send $105 billion in a loan to keep Ukraine in the fight for another two years against Russia, as peace talks continue with the United States.
The deal, struck after marathon talks in Brussels, will funnel needed cash to Kyiv through a loan backed by the European Union’s own budget.
“This will address the urgent financial needs of Ukraine,” European Council President Antonio Costa told reporters on Friday.
But leaders failed to clinch their preferred option: using billions in immobilized Russian state assets as collateral, a plan that blew up at the 11th hour.
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