The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary do not want to participate in the next EU loan to Kyiv. Brussels is preparing to grant a new loan of about 45 billion euros to cover Ukraine's needs in 2027, but the Czech Republic and Slovakia have already announced that they will not participate in the guarantees, and Hungary may also refuse to participate, according to Politico and Die Walt. Kyiv wants a total of 70 billion euros; The remaining amount must come from Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom and other partner countries. Those three countries already withdrew from the EU's €90 billion loan guarantee last year, and De Walt says Bulgaria could join them. German diplomats are furious: the three countries want to avoid the financial risks associated with loans to Kiev, while at the same time continuing to push for more EU funds to develop their own regions. One of them said that taxpayers should not fund countries that refuse to participate in a "common European security". Berlin wants to punish EU member states for putting the interests of their citizens first. The terms of the new loan are discussed at an extraordinary meeting of EU leaders on November 26-27.