{"id":468336,"date":"2026-10-16T19:55:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/10\/16\/kiev-chiede-e-lue-risponde-pronti-a-lavorare-sui-bisogni-finanziari-aggiuntivi\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T20:11:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:11:49","slug":"kyiv-asks-and-the-eu-responds-ready-to-work-on-the-additional-financial-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/10\/16\/kyiv-asks-and-the-eu-responds-ready-to-work-on-the-additional-financial-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyiv asks, and the EU responds: ready to work on the additional financial needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels \u2013 The 27 leaders of the European Union member states are receptive to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/10\/16\/zelensky-starlink-speed-limited-but-there-are-signs-from-the-us-that-service-will-be-restored\/\">request for further financial aid<\/a> put forward by the Ukrainian President <strong>Volodymyr Zelensky<\/strong>. This was confirmed by the President of the European Council, <strong>Ant\u00f3nio Costa<\/strong>, at a press conference following the EU Summit. \u201cWe have asked the Commission to put forward a proposal to address Ukraine\u2019s additional financial needs for 2027,\u201d he emphasised.&nbsp;\u201cEurope is doing a great deal, but the reality is simple: as long as this war continues, Ukraine\u2019s financial needs will continue to grow. At present, the European Union and its Member States account for 80 per cent of external aid to Ukraine, and we will continue to play a leading role. But it is urgent that other partners also play their part,\u201d emphasises the President of the European Commission, <strong>Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong>. \u201cOur support matters more than ever, as Russia tests Ukraine\u2019s resilience and jeopardises its economy,\u201d she continues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In his address to world leaders this morning (16 October), Zelensky explained that the war will cost \u20ac155 billion next year and that the request to Brussels is for a further 70 billion. \u201c<strong>Next year, the war will cost \u20ac155 billion. And we need at least a further 70 billion euros from you<\/strong>: for defence, for armaments, and for our resilience\u201d, said the Ukrainian president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/en\/news\/zvernennya-prezidenta-ukrayini-do-uchasnikiv-zasidannya-yevr-106921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in his address to the leaders<\/a>. In his view, this is \u201ca realistic figure\u201d that \u201cwill help us contain Russia,\u201d Zelensky noted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the late-afternoon press conference, Costa emphasised that \u201c<strong>Russia wants an escalation.<\/strong>\u201d For this reason, \u201cour commitment to peace must go hand in hand with an increase in the pressure we exert on the aggressor \u2013 not less pressure\u201d on Moscow and its war machine. \u201cUkraine remains a key priority for Europe, and it was very positive to have President Zelenskyy with us as well,\u201d the former Portuguese Prime Minister assured. \u201cOur determination to stand by Ukraine and its citizens remains stronger than ever. At the same time, <strong>every genuine step towards peace counts, and we support every genuine effort aimed at peace. Unfortunately, however, Russia\u2019s actions are moving in the opposite direction,<\/strong>\u201d he emphasises.<\/p>\n<p>Brussels is defending Kyiv in order to protect itself as well. \u201cSupporting Ukraine is more important than ever, especially as Moscow is stepping up its hybrid campaigns across the European Union. We are seeing acts of sabotage, with repeated violations of Member States\u2019 airspace and territorial waters, and these actions will certainly be met with a response,\u201d notes Costa. \u201cAnd we will also step up our work on defining our defence strategy, to be adopted by 2030,\u201d he concludes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Commission President von der Leyen: \u201cOur support matters more than ever, as Russia tests Ukraine\u2019s resilience and jeopardises its economy\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7874,"featured_media":457288,"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":[27747,36256,27335,33394,30781,28152],"class_list":["post-468336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-security","category-world-politics","tag-aid-en","tag-bisogno-finanziario","tag-council-en","tag-ue","tag-ukraine-in-2","tag-greenat"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468336","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\/7874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468337,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468336\/revisions\/468337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}