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EU Signs €8.35bn Deal, earmarks €45bn for Ukraine 2026

5/20/2026

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EU Funds Ukraine

European Commission signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine for €8.35 billion, part of a €90 billion loan.
The agreement mandates fiscal reforms and earmarks €45 billion for 2026—€28.3 billion for military, €16.7 billion for general-budget support, while the EU will buy €5.9 billion of drones and repay the loan with Russian reparations.
The first €3.2 billion tranche will be paid in June 2026 after the Verkhovna Rada ratifies the deal.

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EU Boosts Ukraine

The EU loan, covering roughly two-thirds of Ukraine’s external financing needs, lets Kyiv earmark €60 billion for weapons, far above the €28.3 billion set aside for military spending in the €90 billion loan.
EU finance chief Valdis Dombrovskis said the G7 must add funds to meet Ukraine’s budget shortfall and that the aid should ease its war-driven balance-of-payments crisis.
Hungary’s earlier veto delayed approval, showing intra-EU disagreement over the aid.

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EU Funds Ukraine

European Commission signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine for €8.35 billion, part of a €90 billion loan.
The agreement mandates fiscal reforms and earmarks €45 billion for 2026—€28.3 billion for military, €16.7 billion for general-budget support, while the EU will buy €5.9 billion of drones and repay the loan with Russian reparations.
The first €3.2 billion tranche will be paid in June 2026 after the Verkhovna Rada ratifies the deal.

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