EU Nations Agree on Framework to Give Ukraine €90 Billion Loan
Employees repair sections of the Darnytska combined heat and power plant damaged by Russian air strikes in Kyiv, on Feb. 4.
Photographer: Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty ImagesEuropean Union member states reached an agreement on the framework of how to provide a €90 billion ($108 billion) loan to Ukraine.
EU leaders agreed in December on the broad outline of the loan, which included a provision that required purchases using proceeds from the loan be made within the bloc unless the equipment could only be sourced elsewhere.