{"id":462954,"date":"2026-08-24T11:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/08\/24\/dallue-61-miliardi-per-la-difesa-dellucraina-nella-giornata-della-sua-indipendenza\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T11:55:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:55:56","slug":"eu-provides-6-1-billion-euros-to-ukraine-for-defence-on-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/08\/24\/eu-provides-6-1-billion-euros-to-ukraine-for-defence-on-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"EU provides 6.1\u202fbillion euros to Ukraine for defence on Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 The European Union\u2019s support for Ukraine remains unwavering, quite the opposite. To mark Ukraine\u2019s Independence Day today (24 August), the European Commission has approved the allocation of 6.1 billion euros<\/a> to Kyiv to purchase military equipment. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong>, stated that the funding will cover \u201cthe air and missile defence systems, missiles, ammunition and radars that Ukraine urgently needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s contribution is part of the 90 billion loan guaranteed by the EU to Kyiv<\/a>. “As Russia intensifies its attacks, we are stepping up to help Ukraine protect its people and defend its skies,\u201d von der Leyen said.  In recent weeks, Russian forces have launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at cities in Kyiv and, according to estimates from the European Commission, in July alone, there were reportedly 376 missile attacks. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The funds allocated are in addition to the 16 billion euros already provided for in the procurement plans \u2013 that is, the specific spending plans financed by the 90 billion loan. To date, 8.35 billion has already been disbursed<\/strong>, ensuring Ukraine “receives critical supplies on time and at the required scale.\u201d In a press release, the Commission also clarified that the majority of purchases resulting from today\u2019s allocation will involve products from companies in the EU defence sector. The Commission also emphasised the need to increase supplies to the war-torn country \u201cthrough destocking, reprioritising orders and ramping up production.\u201d Consequently, Ukraine will be able to request payments by submitting signed contracts with defence industry companies. The Commission will examine these before the funds are disbursed, to ensure that the financial assistance is used for contracts agreed with the Member States and the Commission. <\/p>\n

On 24 August 1991, the Verkhovna Rada \u2013 the Ukrainian Parliament \u2013 adopted the Act proclaiming the country\u2019s independence from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Since then, this anniversary has become a national holiday.<\/strong> \u201cEurope stands with Ukraine, and we will deliver what it needs, when it needs it,<\/em>\u201d von der Leyen concluded.<\/p>\n

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In February 2026, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2026\/467<\/a>, which establishes a 90 billion loan to support Ukraine. It provides 30 billion to ensure the continuous functioning of the State and essential public services, whilst the remaining 60 billion is allocated to strengthen the country\u2019s military capabilities in the two years 2026\u20132027. Since 2022, the EU and its Member States have provided Ukraine with a total of 220.2 billion euros in support, of which 3.8 billion came from the proceeds of the sale of frozen Russian assets. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Von der Leyen: \u201cAs Russia intensifies its attacks, we are stepping up to help Ukraine protect its people and defend its skies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7908,"featured_media":462912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30809,25707],"tags":[33640,34177,24030,305,29066,33642,35196,28987,27041,10864],"class_list":["post-462954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-security","category-world-politics","tag-aiuti-allucraina","tag-aiuti-ue-allucraina","tag-conflitto-russia-ucraina","tag-european-commission","tag-loan-en","tag-prestito-allucraina","tag-prestito-di-assistenza-macrofinanziaria-dellue","tag-war-di-russia-in-ukraine-en","tag-armi-ucraine-en","tag-unione-europea"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":462955,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462954\/revisions\/462955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}