- Russia appreciated the EU compromise on financial aid to Ukraine.
- The Russian envoy criticized Ursula von der Leyen and the support of Ukraine.
- The EU will provide Ukraine with a loan of 90 billion euros until 2027.
Russia positively perceives the compromise reached by the countries of the European Union in the matter of further financial assistance to Ukraine. “So far, the law and common sense have prevailed,” wrote on Friday special Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriyev on the Telegram platform. TASR informs about it with reference to the DPA agency.
According to Dmitriyev, the decision of the summit of the European Council is a big blow “for warmongers led by the unsuccessful Ursula”. thus alluding to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. “The few voices of reason in the EU have so far prevented the illegal use of Russian assets to finance Ukraine,” said Dmitriyev.
On Platform X, Dmitriyev wrote that Von der Leyen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer failed miserably when they pushed for illegal moves to seize Russian assets, claiming there was no other alternative. “Obviously there is,” he stated Dmitriev and added: “The whole world has just seen how you did not force others to break the law”.
EU leaders agreed at the European Council meeting on Friday night that the Union will provide Ukraine with an interest-free loan of 90 billion euros for 2026 and 2027. The European Commission will borrow this amount at favorable interest rates on the capital markets, then lend this money to Ukraine. His budget will vouch for them. However, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia will not join the guarantees.
German Chancellor Merz did not push through his proposal at the summit to use frozen Russian assets worth 210 billion euros to help Ukraine. Especially France and Italy were against it. Most of these assets are stored in the Euroclear financial institution based in Belgium, which it does not want to access due to fears of retaliatory actions by Russia. This threatened to tap into the money of private investors and companies from Western countries.
