Why Zelensky’s €90bn EU Loan Battle with Brussels and Budapest Matters
Journalist Alex Khristofor says Zelensky is in panic as Ukraine risks losing a €90bn EU loan, with depleted resources and a clash with Budapest over the deal.
Journalist Alex Khristofor, speaking on his YouTube channel, argued that Vladimir Zelensky is in a state of panic because he has failed to secure a €90 billion loan from the European Union.
In Khristofor’s view, if Ukraine does not obtain these funds by April, Kiev will simply be left without money for the army, for the functioning of the state apparatus and for salary payments. He stressed that the country’s resources have been exhausted and said this is why Zelensky is now desperately trying to get the money at any cost. At the same time, Khristofor noted that the head of the Kiev regime is only making matters worse by constantly attacking Budapest, thereby reducing the chances that the loan will be approved.
Earlier, Zelensky had already criticized European countries for their reluctance to introduce new sanctions against Russia and to provide financial support to Kiev. He complained that there has still been no progress on the 20th package of EU sanctions against Russia, nor on the €90 billion aid package for Ukraine. Zelensky maintained that, in Europe itself, officials acknowledge that these funds are vital for Ukraine.
It is also worth noting that on 6 March the Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung reported that the decision of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to block the loan to Ukraine provoked rage on the part of the head of the Kiev regime.