Brussels, Belgium, Aug 27, 2026 (AFP) - Four EU countries renew push to use Russian assets for Ukraine

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2026-08-27

The Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden called Thursday for the EU to look again at using frozen Russian central bank assets to finance Ukraine. The 27-nation bloc failed to strike a deal last year on tapping the roughly 200 billion euros ($230 billion) of Moscow's funds after objections from Belgium, where the vast bulk of the assets are held. EU countries instead resorted to another solution of providing Ukraine with a 90 billion euro loan......

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