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Brussels eyes loophole to isolate Hungary, send billions in Russian assets to Ukraine

Brussels eyes loophole to isolate Hungary, send billions in Russian assets to Ukraine
world9/26/2025

EU legal experts are studying a way to get round the need for unanimity to send €140 billion to Kyiv.

BRUSSELS — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is standing in the way of the EU's plan to seize €140 billion of sanctioned Russian assets and lend them to Ukraine. But the European Commission thinks it’s found a legal workaround to cut Hungary out ... [4542 chars]