EU to bite the bullet on frozen Russian assets for Kyiv? What Orban, Von Der Leyen, Merz, Tusk said

European leaders clashed in Brussels as debate intensified over a controversial EU plan to use frozen Russian assets for a $140 billion reparations loan to Ukraine. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned of a stark choice — “money today or blood tomorrow” — urging Europe to act decisively. While Ursula von der Leyen pushed leaders to choose between the reparations loan or EU budget funding, divisions deepened. Belgium, Italy and others raised legal and financial risks, while Hungary claimed the plan was already defeated. The high-stakes summit exposes fractures within Europe over Ukraine, security, sanctions and the future of EU unity.