Russian President Vladimir Putin said using Russian assets to help fund Ukraine's needs would amount to "robbery". The European Union plan has unravelled over differences with Belgium, which holds the ...

BRUSSELS, Dec 18 (Reuters) - EU leaders agreed at a summit in Brussels on Thursday to work on the option of financing Ukraine in 2026 band 2027 through the use of frozen Russian assets rather than ...

European leaders are gathering in Brussels for a meeting widely described as make or break for both Ukraine's finances and EU credibility. On the table is a plan to use Russia's frozen assets as ...

European Union leaders will decide whether to use frozen Russian assets to lend billions of euros of cash to Ukraine to keep its war effort afloat at a summit on Thursday seen as a critical test of ...

European Union leaders met on Thursday (December 18) to discuss proposals, including a controversial call to use frozen Russian sovereign assets, mostly held in Belgium, to support Ukraine's financial ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders stalled early Friday in talks to provide a massive loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets, officials said, as Belgium sought ironclad guarantees from its ...

EU leaders are under pressure to hammer out how to keep financing Ukraine at a summit starting Thursday -- with key player Belgium resisting a push to use frozen Russian assets. Here is what's at ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The EU indefinitely froze roughly $247 billion in Russian assets Friday, blocking Hungary and Slovakia from ...

The European Union on Friday indefinitely froze Russia’s assets in Europe to ensure that Hungary and Slovakia, both with Moscow-friendly governments, can’t prevent the billions of euros from being ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A total of 210 billion euros ($247 billion) in ...