The European Council issued an announcement on the 19th approving a loan of 90 billion euros to Ukraine from 2026 to 2027 to meet Ukraine's military and economic needs for the next two years, but the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia will not participate in providing guarantees for this loan. Hungarian Prime Minister Orban said on the 19th that the EU's move is to continue the war; this loan is actually a “war loan.”

The European Council issued an announcement on the 19th approving a loan of 90 billion euros to Ukraine from 2026 to 2027 to meet Ukraine's military and economic needs for the next two years, but the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia will not participate in providing guarantees for this loan. Hungarian Prime Minister Orban said on the 19th that the EU's move is to continue the war; this loan is actually a “war loan.”