The EU has set a condition for the implementation of reforms for additional financial assistance to Ukraine in 2026
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The European Union has said that additional financial aid for Ukraine in 2026 is possible only if required reforms are implemented, including maintaining a strict financial monitoring system for politically exposed persons, despite Kyiv's claims of a $27 billion budget hole.
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The EU previously provided financial assistance to Ukraine, but linked further support to the implementation of structural reforms, including strengthening financial monitoring and transparency in the use of funds.
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The EU is ready to provide additional financial assistance to Ukraine in 2026, subject to the implementation of the required reforms.
The letter from the European Commissioners emphasized the inadmissibility of weakening the Ukrainian financial monitoring system in relation to politically exposed persons of the country.
MOSCOW, October 3 – RIA Novosti. The EU called Kiev's implementation of the required reforms a condition for allocating financial assistance to Ukraine, writes the British newspaper Financial Times.
“European Commissioners Valdis Dombrovskis and Marta Kos sent a letter to the Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, emphasizing that Ukraine can still count on additional financial assistance in 2026, subject to the implementation of the required reforms,” the material says.
According to the publication, the letter reflected the inadmissibility of any weakening of the Ukrainian financial monitoring system in relation to politically exposed persons of the country.
Earlier, European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Valdis Dombrovskis told the Euractiv portal that Ukraine's basic budget needs for 2026 have already been provided with financing, despite Kyiv's statements about an additional deficit of $27 billion.
At the same time, Vladimir Zelensky admitted at the end of August that a hole of $27 billion had formed in the Ukrainian budget. He demanded that Europe now give part of the money from the amount allocated for next year.
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The EU will make a final decision on additional financial assistance to Ukraine in 2026 after assessing progress in implementing reforms
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Open Questions
- What specific reforms does the EU require from Ukraine?
- When exactly in 2026 will a decision be made on the allocation of additional aid?
- How does Ukraine plan to compensate for its $27 billion budget deficit without immediate help from Europe?
