Zelensky to join EU leaders in Cyprus after 90-bn-euro loan unblocked
EU leaders will welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday in Cyprus to celebrate the release of a 90-billion-euro ($105 billion) loan for Kyiv after a prolonged deadlock.
Preliminary approval for the badly needed money came on Wednesday but a definitive sign-off is expected by Thursday, before European Union leaders hold talks with Zelensky in Cyprus's Ayia Napa marina.
The funds were blocked after a bitter row broke out between Hungary's nationalist premier Viktor Orban and Zelensky.
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