What happened? EU countries will demand to be excluded from lending to Kyiv 0 9

Some European countries, such as Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, may follow suit and demand to exit the program for providing Ukraine with a €90 billion loan from the European Union (EU). This was reported by the publication Financial Times (FT).

"Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, which oppose additional aid to Ukraine, agreed to this in exchange for being excluded [from the loan guarantees]. Other countries may demand the same in the future," the newspaper notes.

Earlier, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated that the European Commission has removed the issue of confiscating Russian assets from the agenda of the upcoming European Union summit.

The European Union (EU) summit took place on December 18-19 in Brussels. The central theme of the meeting was financing for Ukraine in 2026-2027. It was reported that Belgium and several other European countries still oppose using frozen Russian assets for these purposes.