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The EU Finally Moves and You Can Practically Hear the Teeth Grinding From Mar‑a‑Lago: The EU has finally pushed the big green button: 90 billion euros for Ukraine + fresh sanctions on Russia.

Hungary and Slovakia dropped their objections, the Druzhba pipeline got patched up, and suddenly the whole thing snapped back into motion like a sitcom plotline that needed one last wrench turned.

Zelenskyy’s out here politely saying, “Great, love this for us, can we get the first tranche by May or June?”

Meanwhile Kaja Kallas is online basically posting, “Deadlock over, babes. Russia’s war economy is sweating.”

After months of the U.S. cutting Kyiv off and easing sanctions on Russian oil because of the U.S. Israeli war of choice on Iran, this is the first real gust of wind Ukraine’s gotten in a while.

Actual help.

Actual money.

Actual consequences for Russia.

Imagine that.

And the timing? Perfection.

Hungary’s Viktor Orbán (fresh off a crushing election defeat) had been holding the whole EU hostage over a pipeline like a man trying to negotiate custody of a toaster. Now that he’s politically deflated, the loan sails through. Funny how that works.

But the best part?

The part that would absolutely chap King Trump’s royal posterior?

The idea that the EU, not him, might end up looking like the adult in the room.

The stabilizing force.

The one actually stepping up for democracy.

EU formally approves 90bn euro Ukraine loan and new sanctions on Russia aje.news/t8wvdr

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Apr 24
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