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EU countries approve first 4.2B payment to Ukraine
News Economics The money, part of a €50 billion bundle of grants and loans, will help Ukraine rebuild. EU governments gave the go-ahead to the first official payment of around €4.2 billion to Ukraine under a €50 billion package of loans and grants to …