US Urged Europeans to Oppose EU Plan for Loan to Support Ukraine

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-05/us-urged-europeans-to-oppose-eu-plan-for-loan-to-support-ukraine

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  1. *From Bloomberg News reporters Jenny Leonard, Alberto Nardelli, Eric Martin, and Ott Tammik*

    The US lobbied several countries in the European Union in an effort to block EU plans to use frozen Russian central bank assets to back a massive loan to Ukraine, according to European diplomats familiar with the matter.

    US officials argued to member states that the assets are needed to help secure a peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow and should not be used to prolong the war, said the diplomats, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

    The EU put forward a proposal this week to use the immobilized assets to back a €90 billion ($105 billion) loan to cover Ukraine’s economic and military needs for the next two years. There are about €210 billion of frozen Russian assets on EU soil and more of those could be used from 2028 on.

  2. Do you think that the EU will be able to pass the proposal? I have learnt that Hungary alone cannot block it.

    Edit: if it comes up for a vote, then 15 out of 27 member states need to approve for it to pass.

  3. yeah… it would make it harder for certain people and companies to profiteer – and that appears to be their only true interest.

  4. Because as part of Trump’s so-called peace plan those funds are meant to go to the US . This isn’t about peace this is about money lining trump and his cronies pockets

  6. They should just say they will give trump personally half the frozen assets if he fully supports Ukraine militarily and Ukraine will end up winning this thing with endless US support and weapons

  7. “US urges Europeans to oppose plan that benefits them and the rest of the free world in favor of a plan developed by fascist nations”

  8. If it annoys Trump and cronies it’s most likely a good plan …

  10. I don’t think anyone predicted “Russia will bribe the US President with their frozen assets” as how this war would end…

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