EU transfers €3.2 billion loan to Ukraine, Denmark sends shells, Zelenskyy confirms strikes, oil prices fall

The European Union has transferred the initial €3.2 billion installment of a €90 billion loan to Ukraine, as announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a recovery conference in Gdansk. She also indicated future funding for drone production. Separately, Denmark is supplying Ukraine with an additional 15,000 long-range artillery shells, some of which have already arrived, responding to Kyiv's request for prioritized long-range armaments. Meanwhile, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukrainian forces struck an oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar region and two oil refineries in Bashkortostan, approximately 1,500 km from the front. Concurrently, global Brent crude oil prices have fallen below levels seen before the conflict with Iran, with at least 20 million barrels unloaded from the Strait of Hormuz within 24 hours.

Sources: Громадське, Радіо Свобода, Українська правда