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EU leaders try to thrash out a plan on Russia's frozen assets

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European leaders are locked in to negotiations tonight about seizing frozen Russian assets to help fund a major loan for Ukraine. But opposition remains, including from Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban.

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