A key question is on the table at today's EU summit in Brussels: should the EU grant Ukraine a loan for tens of billions of euros guaranteed by frozen Russian assets? If the proposal goes through, Russia would formally retain ownership of the funds, but its access to them would be permanently blocked. Any attempts by Moscow to claim the assets - most of which are held by the financial institution Euroclear in Belgium - would only be accepted if it agreed to pay war reparations.
