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'"👉Ukraine will only pay back the loan once #Russia pays for the reparations👈. The money will help Ukraine already today,"... von der Leyen told the #EuropeanParliament during her annual State of the Union address on Sept 9...helping #Ukraine plug an expected 8 billion euro ($8.5 billion) budget shortfall next year, especially as donor fatigue grows and national budgets across the #EU come under pressure."