“The need for external financing has not yet been fully covered.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
The need for external financing has not yet been fully covered.
The Ukrainian Government is looking for external funding for 2026-2027 / ScreenshotThe government envisages the possibility of continuing the war for the whole of 2026, and for this scenario, Ukraine will require $ 45 billion external funding. According to the UNIAN correspondent, the Minister of Finance Sergey Marchenko announced this during a presentation of the Government Program.
“This appropriately implies our need, which is today $ 45 billion – it is the need for external financing, including deficit plus repayment of debts. To date, this need is not completely covered. We are negotiating with our key partners,” Marchenko said.
At the same time, he added that today the need for funds is closed to a greater extent than it was in 2022 and 2023. The main partners of Ukraine in this matter are G7 countries and the European Union.
“I think that together with the IMF, we will go out to our key allies, how these needs are closed,” the minister said.
The statesman added that today the government is looking for external funding for 2026-2027, since in 2028 there will be a long-term revision of the EU budget, and it will establish its own program of financing the needs of Ukraine.
The budget of Ukraine is the latest newsIn July, Reuters reported that Ukraine’s funding deficit can increase significantly next year if the Russian Federation continues to strike and the government would not carry out reforms required by foreign creditors.
And recently, NBU Chairman Andriy Pyshny said that the Ukrainian need for external financing for 2026 was about $ 35 billion, while as of early August, only 22 billion was confirmed. At the same time, the government and the National Bank expected that the country will receive about $ 54 billion in the year, as it will be ready.
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