Ahead of a meeting between EU foreign affairs ministers in Brussels, Belgium, on April 21, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said ​she expected "positive decisions" on the 90 billion euro ($105.94 ‌billion) loan for Ukraine, Reuters reported.

EU member states agreed to the loan for Ukraine in December 2025, but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked it due to disputes over Russian oil transit via Ukraine. However, Orban's defeat in the April 12 Hungarian general election has removed this veto and given the loan new momentum. In fact, Orban himself said on April 19 that he would remove his veto as soon as oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline (which was damaged in a Russian strike in January) is restored.