The European Commission disbursed 4.36 billion euros to Ukraine under the Ukraine Support Loan, comprising 3.7 billion euros as the second instalment of macro-financial assistance agreed for 2026 and 658 million euros under the defence leg of the loan. The budget support is intended to help Ukraine meet its financing needs and ensure the continued functioning of the state and its essential public services, and the Commission said Ukraine fulfilled all 12 policy conditions for this instalment, including tax and customs reforms.
The 658 million euros is the seventh defence payment under the instrument, taking defence disbursements to 16.4 billion euros in total, and will support procurement of drones, missiles, radars, electronic warfare systems and air defence ammunition, with the majority to be procured from Ukrainian companies. The Commission said 25.2 billion euros in EU support is still available to Ukraine for the rest of 2026, and put total EU and member state support since the start of the war at 235.9 billion euros.