EU approves €90bn loan for Ukraine and fresh Russia sanctions – as it happened

<p>Move comes after Hungary and Slovakia dropped opposition following reopening of the Druzhba oil pipeline</p><p>Meanwhile, <strong>Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Kyiv will seek to receive the first tranche of the €90bn European Union loan by the end of May, or early June.</strong></p><p>“This is strengthening of our army,” he told reporters in a WhatsApp chat, reported by Reuters.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/23/eu-ukraine-loan-russia-sanctions-zelenskyy-cyprus-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>