Putin says using Russian assets to help Ukraine would amount to robbery

The European Union plan has unraveled over differences with Belgium, which holds most of the plans, but EU leaders agreed on Friday to provide Ukraine with a large interest-free loan to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years. Putin said on Friday that the move to use frozen Russian assets would scare investors and “not only deal a blow to the image, but also undermine confidence in the euro zone.”