EU Considers $106 Billion Loan to Ukraine, Delayed for Months by Orban

Scritto il 22/04/2026
da Jeanna Smialek and Koba Ryckewaert

After months of impasse because of objections from Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orban, E.U. ambassadors took a critical step on the way to disbursing the much-needed money.Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s top diplomat, in Kyiv, Ukraine, last month. The break in the impasse came after the reopening of a pipeline that carries Russian oil across Ukraine and into Slovakia and Hungary.