Ukraine Eyes Early EU Loans, Frozen Assets to Close $27B Defense Gap
TL;DR
President Zelensky said Ukraine faces a $27 billion defense-budget shortfall and is considering early access to European loan funds, while urging a fair use of frozen Russian assets, stronger air defenses for the Black Sea grain corridor, and discussions with EU leaders Costa and Frieden to secure funding and export resilience.
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- Exclusive: France wants to limit Ukraine's non-European procurement with EU money Euronews.com
- EU approves further €6.1 billion for Ukraine's defence Reuters
- Ukraine faces €23B defense funding hole as Western cash lags politico.eu
- Solidarity can't fill Kyiv's coffers euractiv.com
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