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European officials are trying to convince a handful of EU member countries to back controversial plans for providing more financial support to Ukraine.
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;Resize=(620)) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged EU leaders to reach a deal at a fraught summit on Thursday where European Union leaders were trying to overcome differences on whether to use frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine's war effort.
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The EU is deciding whether to loan tens of billions of euros of Russian money to fund Ukraine's military and economic needs.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky said in Brussels, where the leaders had gathered, that without the money, his country would have to reduce its drone production significantly.
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The European Union is set to decide whether to move on Russia's frozen assets, infuriating Moscow, possibly antagonizing the United States, to fund Ukraine.
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