Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy implored European Union allies to overcome their divisions on the use of frozen Russian assets, saying fresh funding is critical for his war-battered economy to stay in the fight against Moscow.

“I hope, God bless, we will get this decision,” Zelenskyy told Bloomberg Television in an interview late Wednesday in Kyiv. Otherwise, “We will have to find an alternative, it’s a question of our surviving. That’s why we need it very much. And I count on partners.”

The E.U. has postponed until December a decision on tapping the Russian state assets to provide €140 billion ($162 billion) in loans to Ukraine, which needs new funding by early next year.

Russia in the meantime is slowly advancing on the battlefield and attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

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