Ursula von der Leyen issued a stark warning in Strasbourg and urged urgent action ahead of an EU leaders' summit in Brussels, after earlier forceful addresses in the European Parliament and summit diplomacy pressed Europe to act independently.She proposed using frozen Russian state assets as the basis for a multibillion-euro loan mechanism to sustain military and civilian aid to Ukraine, citing Commission figures that put those assets at about €120 billion and outlining roughly €45 billion to repay previous G7 loans, €90 billion in loans to Ukraine in 2026–27 and about €75 billion in reserve.Belgium and several member states oppose the plan over compensation and risk-sharing concerns, complicating talks that also touch a Mercosur trade decision and pressure from a more critical U.S. administration under Donald Trump as leaders including Ulf Kristersson and Giorgia Meloni warned outcomes are uncertain.