EU approves €90bn loan for Ukraine as pipeline is turned on ending deadlock
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Druzhba pipeline
SUMMARY

EU ambassadors in Brussels granted preliminary approval to a €90 billion loan for Ukraine hours after Kyiv resumed pumping Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline into Hungary and Slovakia.

The restart ended months of deadlock. Hungary’s Viktor Orbán had vetoed the December-agreed package in February after damage from a Russian attack halted supplies. He explicitly demanded oil deliveries resume before any payout and accused Ukraine of imposing an “oil blockade” on Hungary and Slovakia.

Ukrainian officials confirmed repairs were completed on Tuesday.

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