REGIONAL Reuters photo: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announce the deal at the summit in Brussels. EU backs €90B Ukraine loan but won’t touch frozen Russian billions...yet Newsroom After nearly six hours of intense talks and many more behind the scenes, EU leaders walked away from a plan that sounded simple but proved legally explosive: using frozen Russian money to pay for Ukraine’s war effort. READ MORE
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