EU says ready to give Putin’s money to Zelensky for war; US allies to disrupt Trump’s peace push?

As Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin prepare for their Budapest summit, European leaders are making a bold move, advancing a plan to use frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s war and reconstruction. The European Union, backed by Germany, France, and the UK, is discussing an interest-free €140-185 billion loan package to Kyiv secured by Russia’s immobilised central bank holdings. Brussels’ decision exposes growing friction with Washington.