Zelensky to join EU leaders in Cyprus as EU releases €90 billion loan to Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to meet EU leaders on Thursday in Cyprus as the bloc prepares to approve a 90 billion euro loan for Ukraine, ending a prolonged standoff. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban had vetoed the funds until kyiv repaired a pipeline hit by a Russian strike – the work is now complete, allowing oil flows to resume – shortly after his election defeat to his pro-European rival Peter Magyar.