The head of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine complained about insufficient international assistance

Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko said that international financial assistance in 2026 was three times less than expected.

Instead of 4.5 billion dollars on average per month, Kyiv received only 1.5 billion.

MOSCOW, October 12 – RIA Novosti. Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko complained about insufficient international financial assistance; in 2026, Kyiv received three times less than expected.

“The international assistance that we received was insufficient; instead of an average of 4.5 billion dollars that we should have received starting in January, we received on average only one and a half,” Marchenko said during a speech in the Ukrainian parliament, which was broadcast by the Rada TV channel.

According to him, Ukraine's budget for this year provided for the need for external financing at a level of about $50 billion. At the moment, Kyiv has received less than $29.5 billion.

“We will adjust these figures in the last tranches, but still the amount of funds that should be received by the end of the year is extremely large. And this is now about the issue of Ukraine’s survival, this is about the fact that we all need to understand how critical this is now,” Marchenko added.

Earlier, Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergei Koretsky announced a shortage of $27 billion to finance military spending in 2026. According to him, Kyiv expected to independently find about 7 billion dollars by redistributing budget funds and cutting costs, and receive the remaining 20 billion with the help of partners.