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The Council of the European Union 24 in September approved the payment of almost 3 billion euros to Kyiv under the Ukraine Facility program. Norway also contributed to Kyiv’s funding, allocating 1 billion Norwegian kroner as non-repayable assistance. This is the first time a country outside the EU has contributed to the first component of the program. The tranche will be another step in the EU’s long-term financial support for Ukraine.
The payment was announced by the EU Council's press service. This payment is the eighth tranche under the mechanism. Almost 800 million euros of this amount will be provided for the first time from a loan under the Ukraine Support Loan program.
"Soon, Ukraine will receive almost 3 billion euros after the Council approved the eighth tranche under the EU Ukraine Facility program," the EU Council’s statement said.
The EU Council clarified that the payment was made after Ukraine successfully completed ten targeted steps outlined in the Plan for Ukraine. To date, Ukraine has completed 84 out of 95 targeted steps, which is about 88% of the planned volume for this stage. Funds under the Ukraine Facility are aimed at macro-financial stability, reconstruction and modernization of Ukraine, as well as ensuring public administration functioning and supporting reforms.
The EU Council also amended the Plan for Ukraine to include a voluntary financial contribution from Norway amounting to about 92 million euros in equivalent. During 2025 year, similar voluntary contributions were already made by Sweden — totaling over 253 million euros. Recently, the United Kingdom directed more than 17 million euros to the program’s second component — the "Investment Framework for Ukraine."
How much money Ukraine has already received under the program
The Ukraine Facility program came into force on 1 March 2024 year and provides more than 50 billion euros in grants and loans to support Ukraine’s recovery, reconstruction, and modernization up to 2027 year. Of this amount, more than 40 billion euros is allocated to reforms and investments defined in the "Plan for Ukraine" — the roadmap for recovery and EU accession. Payments are made only upon Kyiv meeting agreed targeted indicators.
After the eighth tranche, the total amount of funds Ukraine has received under the Ukraine Facility since mid-2024 year will exceed 32 billion euros. On 30 July, the EU Council approved changes to the Plan for Ukraine to enable Kyiv to receive more than 8 billion euros in additional funding under the mechanism as early as 2026 year. At the beginning of September, the European Commission submitted to the EU Council a proposal regarding this eighth payment.
Earlier, Informator reported that US Congress Democrats proposed $15 billion loans to purchase defense products for Ukraine, and added an amendment to the sanctions bill against Russia and Iran. We also wrote that Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky warned that Ukraine risks losing part of the $29,5 billion in aid due to delays in relevant laws in the Verkhovna Rada.
In addition, Informator wrote that Europeans were surprised by the △$27 billion deficit in Ukraine’s budget and are trying to clarify the reasons for such rising needs, doubting the efficiency of previous tranche spending.
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