The European Union on Thursday formally ​approved a promised 90 ‌billion euro loan to Ukraine as well as a new ​package of sanctions ​against Russia, the bloc's Cypriot presidency ⁠said on social media ​platform X.

Ukraine says it has reopened the Druzhba pipeline, after months of stalemate over stalled oil supplies to neighbouring Hungary.

European Union foreign ministers are meeting today in Luxembourg amid hopes of an imminent breakthrough on the €90 billion ($106 billion) loan for Ukraine vetoed by Hungary. Though procedurally any move to free up the money will be taken tomorrow at a meeting of EU ambassadors,

EU ambassadors approve a promised $100bn loan to Ukraine after Hungary dropped its veto, following Viktor Orban's election defeat. Ukraine has now started pumping Russian oil towards Hungary again. Also: three container ships have been targeted by Iranian gunfire trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz;

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that the EU has not yet completed the process of unblocking its €90 billion loan for Ukraine after a number of media outlets reported it as a

The EU on Wednesday gave the green light to unblock a 90-billion-euro ($106 billion) loan for Kyiv, after the deadlock was broken in a months-long row between Ukraine and Hungary

Oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline into Hungary and Slovakia were halted at the end of January (file pic) European Union ambassadors are meeting in Cyprus with expectations high that a €90bn (£78bn) EU loan seen as vital support for Ukraine can finally be paid out after months of deadlock.

The European Union approved a €90bn loan for Ukraine after months of deadlock. These are today's HELOC and HEL rates. Rates for home equity lines of credit and home equity loans are moving closer to 7%.