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Ukraine
Ukraine Implements Steps to Join Europe’s Single Euro Payments Area
Ukraine approves draft laws to join SEPA, aiming to cut euro transfer costs,
speed payments, and align financial rules with EU standards.
Dec. 18, 2025
Ukraine
EU Agrees It’s ‘Worth Trying’ to Use Frozen Russian Assets for Ukraine Loan, Says Tusk
Of the total 210 billion euros of Russian assets frozen in the EU after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, 185 billion are held in Belgium’s Euroclear central securities depository
Dec. 18, 2025
Ukraine
Will the EU Approve the Controversial Ukraine Loan?
A key question is on the table at today’s EU summit in Brussels: should the EU grant Ukraine a loan for tens of billions of euros guaranteed by frozen Russian assets?
Dec. 18, 2025
Russia
New Report Finds EU Reparations Loan for Ukraine Carries No Additional Legal Risks
A new legal report finds the EU reparations loan for Ukraine, backed by immobilized Russian central bank assets, creates no additional legal risks for EU states or banks beyond existing sanctions.
Dec. 18, 2025
Ukraine
EU Holds Crunch Summit on Russian Asset Plan for Ukraine
The EU estimates Ukraine needs an extra 135 billion euros ($159 billion) to stay afloat over the next two years - with the cash crunch set to start in April.
Dec. 18, 2025
Ukraine
US Quietly Pressuring EU to Drop Frozen-Asset-Fund Bid for Ukraine, Official Says
A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP on Wednesday that the Europeans were “quietly asking us to intervene on this matter as they do not want to be publicly against it”.
Dec. 18, 2025
Putin
‘European Little Pigs’ – Kremlin Rhetoric Escalates as EU Weighs Using Frozen Russian Assets
As European leaders travel to Brussels for a summit, Putin and his cabinet accused them of “trying to distort every international norm.”
Dec. 17, 2025
NATO
Eastern Flank Countries Warn Russia Wants ‘Buffer Zone’ from Arctic to Mediterranean
Helsinki hosted the first Eastern Flank summit on Tuesday, with the leaders of Poland, Finland, Sweden, the Baltic states, Bulgaria and Romania coming together.
Dec. 17, 2025
Hungary Blocks Ukraine, Moldova’s EU Membership Talks
Hungary has delayed a procedural step needed to advance Ukraine and Moldova’s EU membership negotiations, putting Kyiv’s mid-July timeline at risk.
June 24, 2026
EU Investigates von der Leyen Over Zelensky Chat
June 25, 2026
Poland Rejects Mediation in Ukraine Dispute
June 24, 2026
