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EU has a plan to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine – how will it work?

todayDecember 3, 2025

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What are the legal implications, and why does Belgium fear being left alone with the bill?

The European Commission has proposed providing Ukraine with €90bn in funding over two years, which it says will meet two-thirds of Kyiv’s financing needs for 2026 and 2027 and allow it to engage in peace talks “from a position of strength”.

There are two options for generating the money. It could be a “reparations loan” based on Russian assets frozen in the bloc, the option favoured by the commission but strongly resisted by Belgium, which hosts most of the assets.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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