EU has approved €90 billion loan for Ukraine. How will it work and impact war with Russia?

NewsWorldEuropeEU has approved €90 billion loan for Ukraine. How will it work and impact war with Russia?Leaders had decided last December to jointly borrow the money but faced multiple hurdlesJan Strupczewski Wednesday 22 April 2026 15:11 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2962783","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/eu-ukraine-loan-russia-repayments-b2962783.html","title":"EU has approved €90 billion loan for Ukraine. How will it work? "}}CloseVon der Leyen says €90bn loan for Ukraine will happen 'one way or another'On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Europe","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"}}A €90 billion (£77 billion) European Union loan package for Ukraine, previously st...