
Nordic leaders have ruled out the idea of issuing common debt at the European Union level to provide a €140 billion reparations loan to Ukraine, insisting the money should come from immobilised Russian assets rather than national budgets.
"I think, to be honest, it's the only way forward and I really like the idea that Russia pays for the damages they have they have done and committed in Ukraine," Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday.