Europe agrees to lend 90 bn euros to Ukraine

UKRAINE THANKED THE EU for deciding to provide it with 90 billion euros ($105.46 billion) of support over the next two years-even if the bloc failed to agree on an ambitious plan to finance it using frozen Russian assets.

- ANDREW GRAY & MAX HUNDER

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the EU had backed away from the plan to use its frozen assets because it would have faced serious repercussions. The stakes for finding money for Kyiv were high because without the EU's financial help, Ukra