EU agrees to release €6.6 billion linked to Ukraine military aid
- On Friday, European Union member countries agreed to release €6.6 billion in military aid for Ukraine from the European Peace Facility, High Representative Kaja Kallas announced.
- The funds had been stalled since spring 2023 by Hungary's previous government under Prime Minister Viktor Orban. That deadlock broke this year after Prime Minister Peter Magyar took power.
- Kallas detailed that €4.7 billion will reimburse member states, €1 billion will fund joint procurement, and €900 million will support the EU's military training mission. Some states may send reimbursements directly to Kyiv.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that his country faces a $27 billion Ministry of Defence shortfall. He emphasized that funding for weapons is critical to survive constant strikes.
- Kallas stated, "That's good news for Ukraine and bad news for Russia." She added that Europe is countering Moscow's attempts to intimidate the bloc into reducing support.
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Ukraine received another 1.2 billion euros from the European Union under the Ukraine Support Loan program. This was announced by Prime Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Koretsky. According to him, the funds will be directed to the primary defense of the need. Under this program, Ukraine has already received almost 13 billion euros of defense funding. Recall that the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine together with the General Staff of the Armed Forces revi…
It is part of the Community aid of 90 billion for Kiev for 2026 and 2027.
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The European Commission has warned Ukraine that EU support comes with “zero tolerance” for corruption, as Kyiv faces renewed scrutiny over high-level graft investigations. The warning comes as Ukraine seeks billions in additional EU funding and faces pressure to strengthen anti-corruption institutions. EU officials have also urged member states to address Kyiv’s urgent air-defence needs, including shortages of Patriot interceptors.
Covered the 24 billion hole for this year, the speech is already opening on the necessary resources in 2027. The continuous increase of Ukrainian needs gives the measure of how much the war continues to weigh on the accounts of Kiev. Back to the center the hypothesis of using the frozen Russian assets. But meanwhile Brussels asks to accelerate with the reforms
Ukraine will receive additional financial aid of around 2.9 billion euros from the EU. On Thursday, Brussels also declared Kiev that "co-identified funds have been used to meet the budget and defence needs of the war country for this year.
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