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Denmark's Frederiksen urges Ukraine reparation loan deal before Christmas
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on October 24, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on October 24, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Danish PM Mette Frederiksen urges a Ukraine reparation loan deal by Christmas. European leaders, including UK's Keir Starmer, discuss using frozen Russian assets.
LONDON (Reuters) -Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Friday that allies in the "coalition of the willing" must reach a solution on reparation loans for Ukraine before Christmas.
"We have to work in a way that we have a solution before Christmas eve so we are able to ensure that we can finance Ukraine for the next years," Frederiksen told reporters alongside European leaders, including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
"I am sure that we will be able to do that... and I will wait [to] have a decision before Christmas eve."
Starmer called for swift action to use frozen Russian assets to support Kyiv.
(Reporting by Alistair Smouth and William James, writing by Sam Tabahriti, editing by Paul Sandle)
The main topic is the call for a Ukraine reparation loan agreement by Christmas, led by Danish PM Mette Frederiksen.
The urgency is to ensure Ukraine's financing needs are met for the coming years, with a deadline set before Christmas.
Frozen Russian assets are proposed to be used to support Ukraine's financial needs, as suggested by UK PM Keir Starmer.
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