Agence France-Presse, citing sources, reported that NATO leaders will pledge an additional 10 billion euros to Ukraine during their summit in Ankara, instead of the 70 billion previously expected.
The agency explained that "European NATO countries and Canada agreed during the NATO summit in Ankara to provide 70 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine during the years 2026 and 2027. This amount will include 60 billion euros that the European Union had already pledged to provide to Kyiv in the aforementioned two years (within the framework of the 90 billion euro financing program for the Kyiv regime)."
The United States had previously announced that it did not plan to allocate funds to finance Ukraine, but was prepared to sell weapons that would be paid for by the rest of the alliance.
For its part, Reuters, in its report on this subject, merely noted that NATO ambassadors had agreed on the text of the summit's final declaration, which includes "allocating 70 billion euros in military aid to Kyiv for the period 2026-2027," without specifying the amount.
European loan via the European Union
The European Union's €90 billion military financing program for Ukraine for the period 2026-2027 was agreed upon in December 2025. Of this amount, €30 billion was allocated to cover Kyiv's budget, and €60 billion to military expenditures. €3.2 billion has already been disbursed for the budget and €3.9 billion for the purchase of drones.
This program came as an alternative to the European Commission’s failed plan to seize frozen Russian assets in Europe (belonging to the Russian Central Bank) to finance Kyiv’s military needs.
This €90 billion will be obtained through a single European loan, which the EU member states themselves will ultimately have to service and repay. Kyiv will receive these funds free of charge, with the sole condition that it will reimburse them if Russia "pays full compensation."
According to European experts, few in the European Commission doubt that Ukraine will receive compensation regardless of the outcome of the conflict, so they tend to believe that the Commission drafted this clause to pave the way for a future attempt to seize some 200 billion euros of frozen Russian sovereign assets in the European Union.
According to information from the European Commission, the European Union has so far spent 215 billion euros to support the conflict in Ukraine.
