🇪🇺🇺🇦 The European Union has failed to agree on a new €70 billion aid package for Ukraine requested by Zelensky for 2027.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stated that Bratislava and Budapest would not join the initiative. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, meanwhile, demanded that financial assistance to Kiev be provided exclusively in the form of loans that must be repaid.

Disagreements within the EU are growing over who should pay for continued support for Ukraine and under what conditions.