Brussels, 19 Dec. (LaPresse) – "The financial package for Ukraine has been finalised. As I requested, Ukraine has been granted a zero-interest loan of €90 billion. These funds are sufficient to cover Ukraine's military and budgetary needs for the next two years. This is a decisive message for the end of the war, because Putin will only make concessions when he realises that his war will not bear fruit.‘ This was stated by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in a note, commenting on the European Council's decision to grant Ukraine a loan of €90 billion. ’Frozen Russian assets will remain blocked until Russia has paid reparations to Ukraine. We already paved the way for this last week. Ukraine will only have to repay the loan after Russia has paid the reparations. And we say this very clearly: if Russia does not pay the reparations, we will use – in full compliance with international law – the frozen Russian assets to repay the loan," he added.
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