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EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in Strasbourg on Thursday (Photo: EU Parliament)

Von der Leyen pressures Belgium on Russian money for Ukraine

The EU Commission has indicated that it has no better way to fund Ukraine if Belgium refused to mobilise frozen Russian assets.

EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen outlined three options for funding Kyiv in 2026 at a speech in the European Parliament in Brussels on Thursday (13 November).

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in Strasbourg on Thursday (Photo: EU Parliament)

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Author Bio

Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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