A major EU meeting on Cyprus pledged decisive financial and military support to Ukraine, with immediate steps and a potential first tranche arriving this quarter.<\/p>\n
The more Russia intensifies its aggression, the more the European Union will intensify its support for Ukraine. This stance was voiced by Ursula von der Leyen after meeting with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and the President of the European Council Ant\u00f3nio Costa in Cyprus, where they discussed further steps to support Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Key EU Messages<\/p>\n
\u201cToday is a good day for Ukraine and for Europe\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Ursula von der Leyen<\/p>\n
Addressing President Zelensky, she reminded of the pledge made during her visit to Ukraine in February that the EU would provide a loan of 90 billion euros \u201cone way or another\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne way or another the EU will provide a loan of 90 billion euros\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Ursula von der Leyen<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd today we are delivering on this pledge. A large part of the preparatory work for implementing the 90-billion-euro loan has already been completed,\u201d said the President of the European Commission.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd today we are delivering on this pledge. Most of the preparatory work for implementing the 90-billion-euro loan has already been completed\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Ursula von der Leyen<\/p>\n
She noted that the first tranche of 45 billion euros, allocated for 2026, could be received \u201cas early as this quarter\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs early as this quarter\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Ursula von der Leyen<\/p>\n
\u201cWe agreed on one third of the loan for budgetary funds and two thirds of the loan for defense,\u201d von der Leyen said, adding that the first package would finance a Ukrainian drone manufacturer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe agreed on one third of the loan for budgetary funds and two thirds of the loan for defense\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Ursula von der Leyen<\/p>\n
She also reminded of today\u2019s approval of the 20th sanctions package: \u201cIn other words, the more Russia intensifies its aggression, the more Europe will intensify its support for Ukraine\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn other words, the more Russia intensifies its aggression, the more Europe will intensify its support for Ukraine\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Ursula von der Leyen<\/p>\n
President of the European Council Ant\u00f3nio Costa believes that after unlocking the 90-billion-euro loan for Ukraine and approving the 20th sanctions package against Russia, the next step will be the opening of the first cluster of negotiations on Ukraine\u2019s accession to the EU.<\/p>\n
President Zelensky is today taking part in an informal meeting of the European Council on Cyprus after the unlocking of the 90-billion-euro loan for Ukraine and approval of the 20th sanctions package against Russia.<\/p>\n
In conclusion, the development of dialogue between the EU and Ukraine will remain a priority in countering Russian aggression and strengthening security in the European region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major EU meeting on Cyprus pledged decisive financial and military support to Ukraine, with immediate steps and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[25995,18555,26053,26052,50,11203,403,6855],"class_list":{"0":"post-40057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ursula-von-der-leyen","8":"tag-20th-sanctions","9":"tag-defence-funding","10":"tag-eu-90-billion-loan","11":"tag-eu-90-billion-loan-von-der-leyen-support-for-ukraine-20th-sanctions-defence-funding","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-support-for-ukraine","14":"tag-ursula-von-der-leyen","15":"tag-von-der-leyen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116455358042823676","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}