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“We have a deal. Decision to provide 90 billion euros ($105.5 billion) of support to Ukraine for 2026-27 approved. We committed, we delivered.” ~ EU Council President, Antonio Costa 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇪🇺

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . European leaders approved an interest-free loan for Ukraine, providing a financial lifeline and securing the cash-strapped country’s financing needs for at least the next two years, EU Council President Antonio Costa said on Dec. 19.

“We have a deal. Decision to provide 90 billion euros ($105.5 billion) of support to Ukraine for 2026-27 approved. We committed, we delivered,” Costa said in a post on social media.

EU officials had initially sought to underpin a large loan to Ukraine with frozen Russian assets, but after failing to secure a consensus, they opted for an alternative financing approach.

The frozen-assets proposal fell apart at the eleventh hour amid divisions among EU leaders in Brussels. The bloc ultimately opted for a loan backed by the EU budget, a solution that avoids Russian assets but may be more expensive and less flexible than originally planned.

The agreement will lend the funds to Ukraine in 2026 and 2027, securing two-thirds of the country’s financing needs. Kyiv was set to run out of cash by mid-2026.

“This (agreement) sends a clear signal from Europe to Putin: This war will not be worth it,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on X.

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“What matters now is that we move forward as partners, united by our shared goal: to stop this war, stop killing people, and stop this war of aggression against Ukraine, and ensure a just and lasting peace for Ukrainian people.” ~ President of the European Council, António Costa 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇪🇺

#Repost @mfa_ukraine with @use.repost_ . . . 🇪🇺🇺🇦 “Peace cannot be a temporary truce, it must be a lasting solution. Ukraine has chosen Europe, and Europe will stand by Ukraine,” President of the European Council António Costa has commented following the informal EU Leaders’ meeting of 24 November 2025 in Luanda.

“What matters now is that we move forward as partners, united by our shared goal: to stop this war, stop killing people, and stop this war of aggression against Ukraine, and ensure a just and lasting peace for Ukrainian people,” he stated.

💬 President António Costa commended the efforts of Presidents Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump and their teams. “The US and Ukraine informed us that the discussions were constructive, and that progress was achieved on several issues. We welcome this step forward. Some issues remain to be resolved, but the direction is positive,” he said.

He also stressed that the issues that concern directly the EU – sanctions, enlargement or immobilised assets – require EU’s full involvement, including in decision-making.