A major funding decision could reshape Ukraine\u2019s defense industry, but Zelenskyy says the real battle will be ensuring every euro is spent at home.<\/p>\n
European partners plan to allocate funds to defense production in Ukraine, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said while speaking to journalists in Belgrade.<\/p>\n
Zelenskyy emphasized that the allocated funds should be directed specifically toward defense projects in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Funding Context and Next Steps<\/p>\n
I am grateful to the leaders who, despite how difficult it was, nevertheless found a way to support Ukraine with this money (referring to the \u20ac90 billion in aid from the EU \u2013 ed.). This is about survival for us. (\u2026) It is important that we also receive all this money and direct it properly, so that as much of it as possible is used in Ukraine, because the tools we produce in Ukraine for defense and combat are cheaper than those produced in other countries. We need to fight for every penny, every single day.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Zelenskyy<\/p>\n
The head of state emphasized that Ukraine does not have and will not have the kind of funds that Russia uses to wage war.<\/p>\n
According to him, Ukraine has what it needs thanks to European assistance and the support of other countries.<\/p>\n
He also called on partners to strengthen sanctions against Russia in order to pressure it to end the war.<\/p>\n
He also noted the need for restrictions on Russian energy, as Russia spends substantial funds on waging the war.<\/p>\n
According to 2025 data, investment in Ukrainian defense technologies amounted to $105 million, with the largest volumes of funding directed toward unmanned systems and autonomous products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major funding decision could reshape Ukraine\u2019s defense industry, but Zelenskyy says the real battle will be ensuring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14,1176,3568,3569,34,3570,3571,2904,3567],"class_list":["post-6043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-defence-industry","tag-defense-technology","tag-eu-aid","tag-european-funding","tag-news","tag-russian-sanctions","tag-ukraine-defense-production","tag-zelenskyy","tag-zelenskyy-ukraine-defense-production-european-funding-eu-aid-russian-sanctions-defense-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}