With the unanimous vote cast by the EU Council, the final green lights have arrived for a joint loan of 90 billion euros for Ukraine and the twentieth sanction package against Russia. So, the deadlock that had lasted months has at last come to an end: after last December’s agreement, Hungary’s and Slovakia’s vetoes hung up for months the two measures in response to the blockade of energy supplies through the Druzhba pipeline. In the last few hours, the confirmation of the reopening of the pipeline that came directly from Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, allowed negotiations to be successfully closed. “The European Union keeps its promises and stays on Ukraine’s side”, the President of the EU Council, António Costa, stated. According to the President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, it is a “solid and credible response to Russia’s aggression”. The High Representative, Kaja Kallas, pointed out instead that such measures “increase pressure on Moscow”, while the President of the EU Parliament, Roberta Metsola, spoke of “a clear sign of political unity”. “The loan will start to be delivered as soon as possible”, Cyprus’s Minister of Finance, Makis Keravnos ensured, speaking on behalf of the current Presidency of the Council of the EU and insisting on the urgency of such financial support to Ukraine.