EU Formally Approves Ukraine Loan and 20th Anti-Russia Sanctions Package

The moves were allowed to go forward after Hungary dropped its veto of the loan on April 22.
EU Formally Approves Ukraine Loan and 20th Anti-Russia Sanctions Package
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen in Brussels on Aug. 17, 2025. Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images
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The European Union formally approved a 90 billion euro ($105 billion) loan to Ukraine as well as a new package of sanctions against Moscow on April 23, after months of delay due to issues surrounding the Druzhba pipeline, which carries Russian oil to central Europe.

The loan is set to cover two-thirds of Ukraine’s budgetary needs for the next two years.

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