On September 20, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, arrived in Kyiv and announced a €35 billion loan against Russian assets. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military and civil servants were banned from using Telegram on their official devices.

The European Commission is to provide Ukraine with a new loan of up to €35 billion ($39 billion), European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in Kiev on Friday. "Relentless Russian attacks means Ukraine needs continued EU support,

The loan plan was floated after Hungary vetoed a previous proposal that sought to use frozen Russian assets to back Ukraine.