The European Union provides a EUR 90 billion loan.
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The claim does not specify that the loan is directed to Ukraine, nor that it covers the years 2026-2027.
The loan is financed through EU borrowing on capital markets, backed by the EU budget.
The EUR 90 billion represents approximately two-thirds of Ukraine's estimated funding needs for 2026-2027.
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PrimaryCouncil of the European Union (Consilium)The European Council agrees to provide a loan to Ukraine of EUR 90 billion for the years 2026-2027 based on EU borrowing on the capital markets on the back of the headroom of the EU budget.
PrimaryCouncil of the European Union (Consilium)The Council today adopted the final key piece of legislation underpinning a €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine, agreed by the European Council in December 2025, to help cover Ukraine's most urgent budgetary and defence needs in 2026 and 2027.
SecondaryGovernment Offices of SwedenAt the final meeting of the European Council for 2025, held on 18 December, the EU heads of state and government agreed on EUR 90 billion in EU support in the form of a loan to Ukraine for 2026-2027.