On the eve of an informal meeting of EU leaders, European Commission President Von der Leyen announced on September 30 local time that the EU would invest €2 billion in providing drones to Ukraine. Von der Leyen also proposed the establishment of a ¡°relief loan¡± scheme linked to frozen Russian overseas assets in order to provide long-term support to Ukraine. Under the scheme, Ukraine would begin to repay loans only after receiving Russian compensation through a peace agreement.

However,The plan has been questioned within the EU¡£ European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde recently warned that the use of frozen Russian assets may weaken the euro's global reserve currency status.

The Belgian government also expressed firm opposition, because about 90% of frozen Russian assets in the EU are currently controlled by the Belgium-based Bank for European Settlements. Belgian Prime Minister De Kroo said that this move will pose risks to Belgium.