Ukraine Facility: EU approves seventh payment of nearly €2.8 billion to Kyiv

Ukraine is set to receive a payment of nearly €2.8 billion after the Council of the European Union on 28 May adopted a decision on the seventh regular disbursement of support under the EU’s Ukraine Facility. 

This amount reflects Ukraine’s successful completion of eleven of the twenty steps required for the seventh instalment and a number of outstanding steps, in particular one required for the fifth instalment and two required for the sixth instalment.

Furthermore, Ukraine has fulfilled a number of steps earlier than required under the Ukraine Plan. In particular, it has already fulfilled two steps under the eighth instalment and two steps under the ninth instalment. Pursuant to a new methodology adopted by the European Commission, Ukraine will for the first time be compensated for such early completion.

Payments under the Ukraine Facility are linked to the Ukraine Plan, which outlines Ukraine’s strategy for recovery, reconstruction and modernisation, along with a timetable for the implementation of reforms aligned with the country’s EU accession goals over the coming years.

The current seventh disbursement follows the previous sixth disbursement of around €2.3 billion from December 2025.