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Belgium wins battle over Russian assets, EU to lend Ukraine €90bn instead

European leaders have decided to loan €90 billion to Ukraine over the next two years using their own means instead of frozen Russian assets. After 15 hours of negotiations, European heads of state agreed at 3am today to set aside the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s plan and instead align with her main critic, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever.