At the EU summit, the majority of leaders supported new aid to Kyiv

Most of the leaders of the European Union at the summit in Brussels supported the provision of greater financial support to Ukraine in its resistance to the Russian military invasion. At the same time, Hungary and Slovakia, whose governments are headed by politicians who favor maintaining contacts with Moscow, made some reservations, Reuters notes. The final decision should be made in December.

The European Commission insists that the 27 member countries of the bloc allocate more funds when reviewing their budgets for additional expenses until 2027. According to the plans of Brussels, the EU should provide Kiev with about 50 billion euros in addition to almost 83 billion that were allocated after the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The head of the executive body of the EU, Ursula von der Leyen, also said at a press conference on Friday that the European Commission is working on a proposal to use part of the profits received from frozen Russian state assets to help Ukraine and its post-war recovery.

Von der Leyen noted that the volume of sovereign Russian assets, which were frozen as part of sanctions for the attack on Ukraine, now amounts to 211 billion euros. The head of the European Commission reminded of the already agreed position of the European bloc, which is that Moscow must pay for the restoration of Ukraine.