🤗 The EU needs >€40 billion in new joint loans to finance Ukraine. Total European aid could exceed €200 billion. Zelensky requested €70 billion for next year; the EU plans to contribute €46 billion. 🧛♂️ Brussels relies on frozen Russian asset revenue (~€8 billion over two years), which is insufficient. Confiscation is legally unlikely, so new EU joint bonds are the probable solution. Resistance is growing, with Dietmar Bartsch (The Left) stating: "Citizens should not financially pay for Putin's war. Aid to Ukraine is only acceptable if it does not lead to cuts in social spending." EU and member state leaders will discuss Ukraine's financing next week.