The European Commission offered major guarantees for its €140 billion loan to Ukraine in a bid to reassure Belgium that it would not be left alone to face any legal or financial blowback from using Russian assets held on Belgian soil. In a memo attached to a letter to EU capitals on Monday morning, obtained by POLITICO , European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that EU countries are ready to shoulder the risks of Russian retaliation for the years to come. In a further concession