“In 2026-2027, the budget of Ukraine will need 135.7 billion euros in foreign aid, of which 83.4 billion will be military needs.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Details: the text of the proposals of the European Commission dated November 17 regarding the financing of Ukraine in the next two years (options paper) signed by President Ursula von der Leyen, which was read by the correspondent of “European Pravda” in Brussels
In the next two years, Ukraine expects at least 135.7 billion euros of Western aid to cover budgetary and defense needs.
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“According to the previous forecasts of the IMF, which foresee the end of the war by the end of 2026 and take into account the forecasts of the Ukrainian authorities regarding military support, the total estimate of the remaining needs for the period 2026-2027 is 135.7 billion euros,” the document says.
The European Commission presents a table in which it is stated that in 2026, Ukraine will have 20.1 billion euros of macro-financial needs and 51.6 billion military needs, which must be met with help from abroad.
In general, in 2026, Ukrainians will need at least 71.7 billion euros of aid from the West.
In 2027, this amount should amount to 64 billion euros (32.2 billion – macro-financial needs and 31.8 billion – military).
“This reflects the current intensity of the war, the decrease in the amount of military aid in the form of material resources, the need to support the key functions of the state and the continuous increase of critical defense and industrial capacity,” the authors of the document explain.
It also notes that the significant remaining funding gap also reflects the fact that “existing funding commitments from international partners, such as ERA loans, will be largely exhausted by then.”
As “European Truth” reported, the European Commission proposes three options for providing financial support to Ukraine over the next two years.
During the preparation of the draft financing options for Ukraine in 2026-27, the European Commission assumed that the war in Ukraine should end at the end of 2026.
The EU plan with a “reparation loan” to Ukraine with the use of Russian assets slowed down due to Belgium’s reservationon the territory of which the main part of the Rosactivs in the EU is stored and which is afraid of the legal consequences of such a decision.
The EU assures that the issue of using Russia’s frozen assets for financial support of Ukraine remains on the agenda, and the final a decision will be made in December 2025 year