EU ministers to approve €3bn for Ukraine on 24 September following reforms

EU ministers will approve the allocation of €3 billion under the Ukraine Facility at a meeting of the EU Competitiveness Council on 24 September.

Source: a European Pravda correspondent, citing sources in the Council of the EU

Quote from the source: "On 23 September, Coreper adopted the draft Council decision on Ukraine's fulfilment of the conditions for a partial payment of the eighth tranche under the Ukraine Plan of the Ukraine Facility, and ministers are expected to adopt it at the Council of the EU tomorrow."

Details: The allocation amounts to around €3 billion.

To receive the funds, Ukraine has, among other things, completed a step that it had committed to implement in the second quarter of 2025: bringing in legislation on reviewing judges' integrity declarations and the process for verifying them.

Ukraine has also implemented three reforms scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2025, which, taken together, will unlock €368 million for the Ukrainian budget:

• the appointment of a new electricity market operator
• the enactment of legislation supporting the development of efficient and more sustainable district heating
• the enactment of the law on the safety and interoperability of rail transport in Ukraine.

Three more steps that have been approved by the EU relate to Ukraine's commitments under the current eighth tranche and have unlocked €2.292 billion:

• the publication of a resilience assessment of the banking system
• the enactment of legislation on access to information about external engineering works
• the publication of a report on the implementation of state support through the public Agricultural Registry.

Background:

• On 24 August, Ukraine requested payment of parts of the fifth, seventh and eighth tranches under the Ukraine Facility, totalling €3 billion.
• On 30 July, the Council of the EU approved an updated reform plan under the Ukraine Facility, allowing Ukraine to receive €8.3 billion in 2026 to cover budget needs.
• On 31 August, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed another judge to the High Anti-Corruption Court in a necessary step towards unlocking EU funding under the Ukraine Facility.

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