EU Transfers Four Billion Euros To Ukraine
- 1.10.2025, 14:49
It has become known what the funds will be used for.
The European Commission has transferred to Ukraine the ninth tranche of macro-financial aid worth 4 billion euros. The total EU support since the beginning of the war is already approaching 178 billion euros.
This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing a statement by the European Commission and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko.
The European Commission has disbursed the ninth tranche of emergency macro-financial aid to Ukraine worth 4 billion euros, further cementing the EU's role as the biggest donor since the start of Russia's war against Ukraine, with total support approaching 178 billion euros.
With this payment, the Commission's total support to Ukraine under the MFA from the beginning of 2025 reaches €14 billion.
This significant payment reaffirms the EU's commitment to support Ukraine and follows President Ursula von der Leyen's recent announcement in her State of the Union speech of the advance funding of the €6 billion EU contribution to the ERA initiative.
This support will help Ukraine meet its growing financial needs, particularly in the defense sector. In particular, €2 billion of today's disbursement will be allocated for unmanned aerial vehicles under a mutual agreement between the EU and Ukraine.
Sviridenko, for her part, confirmed that Ukraine had received a €4 billion tranche of EU macro-financial assistance under the ERA Loans mechanism.
"It is symbolic that the disbursement was made exactly today, on the Day of Defenders and Protectors of Ukraine," she said.
The Prime Minister explained that the tranche was secured from the proceeds of frozen assets of the Russian Central Bank in the European Union and is an important signal to Ukraine of Europe's determination to strengthen its defense capabilities and provide long-term support.
"I thank European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Commissioner for Economy and Productivity Valdis Dombrovskis for their leadership. These funds are thousands of saved lives, rebuilt cities and Ukraine's inevitable European path," the prime minister said.
It should be noted that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said this only yesterday, September 30, before the start of the meeting of the European Commission's Security Board in Brussels.
She said that the European Commission had agreed with Ukraine to allocate 2 billion euros for the production of drones.
The funding should help strengthen defense capabilities and develop high technology.
We also wrote that European Union ambassadors started discussing a plan to provide Ukraine with 140 billion euros in loans from frozen assets of the Russian Central Bank.