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EU Poised to Clinch €90 Billion Loan for Ukraine

Budapest has signaled it will unblock the money if oil resumes flowing through Druzhba pipeline

A firefighter works at the site of a Russian strike in Kyiv, on April 16.Photographer: Serhii Okunev/AFP/Getty Images

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By Suzanne Lynch

April 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC

Welcome to the Brussels Edition. I’m Suzanne Lynch, Bloomberg’s Brussels bureau chief, bringing you the latest from the EU each weekday. Make sure you’re signed up.

EU foreign ministers are meeting today in Luxembourg amid hopes of an imminent breakthrough on the €90 billion loan for Ukraine vetoed by Hungary.