Ukraine Facility: Council approves seventh payment of nearly €2.8 billion to Kyiv
Ukraine is set to receive a payment of nearly €2.8 billion after the Council adopted a decision on the seventh regular disbursement of support under the EU’s Ukraine Facility. This amount reflects Ukraine’s successful completion of eleven of the twenty steps required for the seventh instalment.
It also reflects Ukraine’s completion of a number of outstanding steps, in particular one required for the fifth instalment and two required for the sixth instalment.
Furthermore, Ukraine has fulfilled a number of steps earlier than required under the Ukraine Plan. In particular, it has already fulfilled two steps under the eighth instalment and two steps under the ninth instalment. Pursuant to a new methodology adopted by the Commission, Ukraine will for the first time be compensated for such early completion.
Payments under the Ukraine Facility are linked to the Ukraine Plan, which outlines Ukraine’s strategy for recovery, reconstruction and modernisation, along with a timetable for the implementation of reforms aligned with the country’s EU accession goals over the coming years.
The current seventh disbursement follows the previous sixth disbursement of around €2.3 billion from December 2025.
Background
The Ukraine Facility, which entered into force on 1 March 2024, provides over €50 billion of stable financing, in grants and loans, to support Ukraine’s recovery, reconstruction, and modernisation for the period from 2024 to 2027.
Of this €50 billion, over €38 billion is indicatively earmarked to support the reforms and investments set out in the Ukraine Plan. Disbursements are conditional on the fulfilment of indicators set out in the Plan. Since its entry into force, the Ukraine Facility has already disbursed €6 billion by way of bridge financing, €1.89 billion in pre-financing, and six instalments of approximately €4.2, €4.1, €3.5, €3.2, €1.8, and €2.3 billion respectively.
Following the Commission’s assessment of Ukraine’s payment request on 14 April 2026, the Council concluded that Ukraine had satisfactorily adopted a number of reforms set out in the Ukraine Plan. Such reforms relate to public financial management, the judicial system, the fight against corruption and money laundering, financial markets, the management of public assets, human capital, and the business environment. Ukraine has also taken measures in the energy sector, transport, the agri-food sector, the management of critical raw materials, digital transformation, the green transition and environmental protection.