The EU Council has approved nearly €2.8 billion for Ukraine under the Ukraine Facility. The decision was made after the European Commission gave a positive assessment of Ukraine's reform progress in the fourth quarter of 2025, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko says.
The Ukraine Facility is the EU's financial instrument for Ukraine, with up to €50 billion in grants and loans for 2024-2027, of which more than €38 billion is earmarked to support reforms and investments set out in the Ukraine Plan, according to the European Commission.
Disbursements are quarterly and conditional: each tranche depends on Ukraine meeting agreed reform indicators across areas, including public finance, the judiciary, financial markets, decentralization, the agri-food sector, critical raw materials, and the green transition.
The European Commission's Ukraine Facility is aimed at supporting Ukraine’s state budget, encouraging investment and economic modernization, rebuilding critical infrastructure, supporting civil society, and helping the country to prepare for EU membership.
86 reform steps completed, 65 more in progress
As of the end of May 2026, Ukraine had completed 86 steps of the Ukraine Plan, with 65 more underway, Svyrydenko said, thanking lawmakers for backing the measures.
The latest tranche is tied to fourth-quarter 2025 performance and follows the sixth payment of €2.3 billion, which the Council approved in December 2025 for Ukraine's third-quarter reforms. The Plan links the funding timetable to reforms aligned with Ukraine's EU accession goals.
Conditionality with teeth: €26.8 billion delivered since 2024
Since the instrument took effect in 2024, Ukraine has received €26.8 billion under the facility — close to 70% of the funding available under its first pillar, the Commission reported.
The support stabilizes the state budget and sustains social payments while Ukraine fights Russia's invasion.
The conditions are not a formality: in 2025, the EU withheld nearly €1.5 billion from the fourth tranche after Ukraine failed to deliver three of 16 required reforms, several of which were tied to anti-corruption justice. The steady run of payments since then reflects Kyiv keeping a closer pace with the reform schedule.
