{"id":465414,"date":"2026-09-18T12:17:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/09\/18\/dallue-33-miliardi-allucraina-per-lacquisto-di-droni-e-missili\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T14:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:04:06","slug":"eu-provides-3-3-billion-euros-to-ukraine-for-the-purchase-of-drones-and-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/09\/18\/eu-provides-3-3-billion-euros-to-ukraine-for-the-purchase-of-drones-and-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"EU provides 3.3 billion euros to Ukraine for the purchase of drones and missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 The European Union\u2019s support for Ukraine shows no sign of easing. \u201cToday, we will disburse \u20ac3.3 billion to help procure drones and missiles under the Ukraine Support Loan,\u201d the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen,<\/strong> said<\/a>. This is part of the 90 billion euro loan <\/a><\/strong>program known as the Ukraine Support Loan<\/a>, designed to cover the state\u2019s most urgent budgetary and industrial capacity needs in the defence sector for the 2026\u20132027 period. It aims \u201cto deliver the support Ukraine needs to defend its people and its territory,\u201d the President explained today (18 September). <\/p>\n

With today\u2019s grant \u2013 the fourth payment earmarked for defence \u2013 the Commission has disbursed almost 15 billion euros over the past year<\/strong>, <\/strong>\u201ccovering both defence and broader support.\u201d According to a statement issued by the Commission via its official channels, \u201cUkraine’s military edge depends on the rapid availability of critical products in the required quantities and within very short timeframes. Accelerating EU deliveries through destocking, reprioritising orders and ramping up production remains crucial.”<\/p>\n

As reiterated during the State of the Union address and as emerged yesterday (17 September) from a telephone call<\/a> between von der Leyen and the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelens\u2019kyj<\/strong>, the European Commission is ready to use the remaining funds from the Security Action for Europe instrument<\/strong> (SAFE), a 150 billion euro European Union loan facility aimed at financing urgent defence investments by Member States \u2013 to launch a new joint EU-Ukraine programme<\/strong>. The initiative aims to develop a European air and missile defence system, building on the existing Freya anti-ballistic missile system, a pan-European ballistic missile defence project led by the Ukrainian defence company Fire Point. This initiative aims to combine “<\/span>Ukraine’s battlefield experience with Europe’s industrial and technological strength.\u201d <\/p>\n

Following today\u2019s payment, further disbursements will be made in accordance with the loan’s established regulations<\/a> to support Ukraine. Next week, the head of the European Commission will attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where she will seek greater support for Kyiv.<\/strong> The message will be: \u201cEurope is stepping up its commitment\u201d and now \u201cothers must also step up their support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s payment follows the Commission\u2019s 11 September decision to approve<\/a> allocating 6.1 billion euros for Ukraine\u2019s air and missile defence and other defence needs, including PAC-3 missiles for the Patriot <\/a>systems- US surface-to-air missiles for tactical defence. In February 2026, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2026\/467<\/a>, establishing a 90 billion euro loan to support the country invaded by Moscow. The support comprises two components: strengthening defence capabilities and industrial capacity in the defence sector, and maintaining essential state functions, public services, and economic resilience. After the government in Kyiv presented a financing strategy in March 2026, the Council adopted an implementing decision<\/a> on 23 April 2026, allocating up to 45 billion euros for the current year. This amount includes 16.7 billion euros in budgetary support, divided equally between the Ukraine Facility<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 an EU instrument providing Ukraine with up to 50 billion euros in loans and grants to contribute to the country\u2019s recovery, reconstruction, and modernisation – and macro-financial assistance (each capped at 8.35 billion euros), and 28.3 billion euros earmarked for defence industrial capabilities<\/strong>. Since 2022, the EU and its Member States have provided Ukraine with a total of 224.5 billion euros in support, including 3.8 billion euros from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The contribution is part of the 90 billion loan. Von der Leyen: \u201cWe must provide Ukraine with the support it needs to defend its people and its territory\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7908,"featured_media":465381,"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":[4331,305,12070,6163,35212,33642,31168,25372,22229,29842],"class_list":["post-465414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-security","category-world-politics","tag-droni","tag-european-commission","tag-missili","tag-new-york","tag-palazzo-berlaymont","tag-prestito-allucraina","tag-safe","tag-united-nations","tag-volodymyr-zelenskyj","tag-war-in-ucraine-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465414","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=465414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":465415,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465414\/revisions\/465415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}