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2025-12-18 21:12:44
[EU Summit Achieves "Breakthrough": Principles Reached on Using Russian Assets to Aid Ukraine, Technical Obstacles Remain] ⑴ Polish Prime Minister Tusk stated that the EU summit achieved a "breakthrough" on the issue of using Russian assets to provide loans to Ukraine. ⑵ Tusk said that all parties agreed to try to find financing solutions for Ukraine based on Russian assets. ⑶ He pointed out that another option, joint lending based on the EU budget, did not receive a positive response from key EU countries. ⑷ Tusk added that many hours of increasingly technical discussions are still needed to provide Belgium with the necessary guarantees. ⑸ This progress marks a key step forward for the EU in its financial support mechanism for Ukraine, but its implementation still faces complex technical and legal negotiations, and the final solution will affect risk sentiment and capital flows in European financial markets.
