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ECIPE's Lee-Makiyama: EU lacks leverage to move Ukraine's 5G off Huawei

ECIPE's Hosuk Lee-Makiyama argues the EU lacks financial leverage over Ukraine's coming 5G auction: Kyivstar runs about 200 pilot sites almost exclusively on Huawei for 1.5 million users, while EU export credit terms trail cheaper Chinese financing.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted ECIPE insight, August 2026

What the source does not establish. This is the author's own reading of Ukraine's telecom market, not an EU institutional decision or funding commitment.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Think-tank argues EU lacks leverage on Ukraine's Huawei-reliant 5G rollout; no institutional action. European Sovereignty Index

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