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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union members agreed unanimously on Monday to set aside billions of euros of windfall profits from Russian central bank assets frozen in Europe, the first step of a plan to help fund Ukraine reconstruction after Russia’s invasion. Ambassadors of the 27 EU countries agreed in principle this first step in a meeting late on Monday, according to a source from Belgium, which holds the six-month presidency of the European Union. The agreement comes days ahead of a summit at which EU leaders will seek to overcome Hungary’s objections to giving Kyiv 50 billion euros of fu…

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