European Union leaders are finalising the ninety billion euro loan to Ukraine at the Cyprus summit today, alongside the formal adoption of the twentieth sanctions package against Russia.
Volodymyr Zelensky is attending in person.
The breakthrough followed Hungary and Slovakia dropping their vetoes after Druzhba oil transit resumed.
The sanctions target the Russian shadow fleet, LNG maritime services, drone production and military-industrial base.
António Costa wants a signed announcement before the cameras today.
New Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar is dismantling Orbán’s pro-Russia foreign policy line by line and has signalled he will ask Putin directly to end the war.
Brussels is moving; Washington is stalled on Iran.
Starmer Facing Cabinet Mutiny Ahead Of Local Elections
Keir Starmer’s cabinet is publicly fracturing with thirteen days until the local elections, as Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband distance themselves
24 April 2026
