Ukraine, a new €70 billion requirement emerges for 2027

The newspaper had reported on 2 October the agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the €45 billion loan for 2027. Less than 24 hours later, that figure risks not being enough.

According to sources reported by ANSA, Ukraine may need “up to €70 billion” more in 2027, in addition to the €45 billion already agreed. The news currently comes from a single source — ANSA, citing EU-Kyiv diplomatic sources — and has not yet been independently confirmed.

The breakdown indicated by the same sources distinguishes two items: around €40 billion earmarked for macro-financial support and €30 billion for defence aid. This would therefore be a package almost double the one already drawn up, covering a single budget year.

Brussels and Kyiv are working to precisely define these needs and prepare a report to be submitted to the twenty-seven member states, possibly in time for the European Council meeting in October. The negotiation thus falls within a tight schedule: the additional figure, if confirmed, should be examined by governments in the coming weeks.

For the current year, 2026, the same sources rule out new funding “gaps”: the assistance already committed is said to be sufficient. One domestic political condition remains, however: approval by the Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, of the reforms required as a precondition for the disbursement of the agreed funds.

The new requirement, if confirmed by other sources, would redefine the scale of the financial commitment discussed just the day before: not a marginal adjustment, but a request that nearly doubles the amount of support already announced for 2027.