EU backs $148bn loan for Ukraine after pipeline spat resolved
A bitter feud over an oil pipeline pitted Hungary against Ukraine and stalled the vitally needed funds for Kyiv.
EU backs $148bn loan for Ukraine after pipeline spat resolved
A bitter feud over an oil pipeline pitted Hungary against Ukraine and stalled the vitally needed funds for Kyiv. Grouped from 4 articles across 4 sources.
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EU approves €90bn loan for Ukraine as pipeline is turned on ending deadlock
Ukraine says it has reopened the Druzhba pipeline, after months of stalemate over stalled oil supplies to neighbouring Hungary.
Decision on EU’s €90bn loan for Ukraine ‘due in next 24 hours’ after Zelenskyy says oil pipeline repaired – as it happened
EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, says there is ‘new momentum’ after Hungarian election as Ukrainian leader says Druzhba pipeline can resume operations German foreign minister Joseph Wadephul also makes it very clear that he is relieved with the change of government in Hungary, calling it “a breath of fresh air” and a promise of hope for Ukraine. He urged Hungary to drop its “unusual blockade” for policies for Ukraine “as quickly as possible,” pointing to what he argued was a clear pro-European mandate from the electorate in Hungary (it’s a bit more complicated than that, though). Continue reading...
EU expects first loan tranche to Ukraine end-May/early June - Dombrovskis
BRUSSELS, April 21 - Ukraine's funding needs for 2026 are covered, a senior EU official said, with the EU likely to make the first disbursement from its 90 billion euro loan at the end of May or in early June and other donors keeping Kyiv funded until then.
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