{"id":576468,"date":"2025-11-17T16:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/576468\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T16:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:13:13","slug":"ukraine-faces-major-deficit-ahead-81b-needed-in-2026-says-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/576468\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine faces major deficit ahead, $81B needed in 2026, says EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LONDON <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has warned that Ukraine will face a major financial shortfall in the coming years, urging EU member states to consider new funding mechanisms, including the possible use of frozen Russian assets.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter sent to all 27 EU governments and seen by Italian news agency ANSA, von der Leyen said Ukraine\u2019s \u201cfinancial deficit\u2026 is significant,\u201d even after taking into account all current commitments from international partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to preliminary IMF projections\u2014assuming the war ends by the end of 2026 and already taking into account all the support that has been promised\u2014Ukraine will still face a huge deficit that cannot be filled without the injection of new funds,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Von der Leyen estimates Ukraine\u2019s financial needs at \u20ac70 billion (81 billion) in 2026 and \u20ac64 billion in 2027, warning that Kyiv\u2019s budget and defense requirements remain far beyond what it can cover alone.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that Ukraine\u2019s priority in the coming years is to \u201cstabilize the front, counter Russian attacks at their origin, and continue the short- and medium-term strengthening of its armed forces,\u201d stressing the need to defend civilians and protect critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Of the \u20ac103.2 billion in military expenditure expected in 2026, Ukraine can cover only half, leaving \u201ca gap of \u20ac51.6 billion. This gap must be covered by partners, in addition to the necessary macro-financial support,\u201d von der Leyen wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The letter outlines three options under consideration for Kyiv\u2019s reconstruction loans\u2014explicitly including the potential use of frozen Russian assets, an issue that has sparked debate among EU governments.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, based on IMF projections and estimates from Ukrainian authorities, von der Leyen said the \u201ctotal remaining need\u201d for 2026\u201327 amounts to \u20ac135.7 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The commission\u2019s proposals will now be examined by EU governments as discussions continue over how to secure long-term support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/p\/subscription\/1001\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:12px; color:#444; text-decoration:none;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                    Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. <b style=\"color:#1897F7\">Please contact us for subscription options.<\/b>&#13;<br \/>\n                                <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has warned that Ukraine will face a major financial shortfall&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[5340,2000,299,657,1220],"class_list":{"0":"post-576468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-anadolu-ajansi","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-ukraine","12":"tag-ursula-von-der-leyen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115565927111415483","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}