Dombrovskis spoke about financing options for Ukraine for 2027

09.11.2026, 11:55◉ 02 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Valdis Dombrovskis expressed cautious optimism about the decision of the European Union to cover two-thirds of Ukraine's funding deficit of 70 billion euros next year. — Ukrinform.

Dombrovskis spoke about financing options for Ukraine for 2027

He stated this before the start of the Eurogroup meeting in Brussels on Monday, Ukrinform's own correspondent reports.

Dombrovskis noted that joint borrowings secured by frozen Russian assets are one of the options that the European Commission is “currently evaluating and working on.”

Without announcing the possibility of using the principal amount of frozen Russian assets held in the EU as a tool to finance the defense and budgetary needs of Ukraine, the European Commissioner at the same time reminded that the current loan for support for Ukraine implies that Kyiv will have to return the funds only if Russia pays reparations for the war.

"This means: if Russia does not pay reparations, we have clearly foreseen that in this case the EU reserves the right to use Russian assets," he said, adding that a decision was made to leave Russian assets immobilized until Russia pays reparations to Ukraine.

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The European Commissioner also said that today NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will join the finance ministers to discuss the dynamics of defense spending of the EU member states.

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He expressed “cautious optimism” that among the financing options for Ukraine in 2027 that the European Commission will present to member states later this month, it will be possible to find the most acceptable and timely agreement.

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The European Commissioner said that in parallel with the processing of financing for Ukraine for the next year within the framework of the current loan to support Ukraine, the EU is also “working to cover the funding deficit of Ukraine, which turned out to be greater than was expected, namely an additional 70 billion euros, and the EU intends to cover about two-thirds of this amount, that is, another 45 billion euros. "

The European Commission plans to present options for covering at least two-thirds of this deficit to EU member states for discussion by the end of this month. The rest of the funding, according to the EU, should be provided by other partners of Ukraine, including members of the G7 format.