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   From: noreply@mixmin.net   
      
   The European Union (EU) and our 27 Member States remain united and   
   determined in our unprecedented support for Ukraine. Since the start of   
   the war, the EU and our Member States have made available close to $197   
   billion1 in financial, military, humanitarian, and refugee assistance,   
   of which 65% have been provided as grants or in-kind support and 35% in   
   the form of highly concessional loans.   
      
   In addition, in February 2024, European leaders agreed to commit up to   
   $54 billion until 2027 for the Ukraine Facility to support Ukraine's   
   recovery, reconstruction and modernization, as well as its reform   
   efforts as part of its accession path to the EU. Furthermore, in October   
   2024, the EU and G7 partners agreed to collectively provide loans of $50   
   billion to support Ukraine's budgetary, military and reconstruction   
   needs, financed by extraordinary revenues from immobilized Russian   
   sovereign assets. The EU will contribute up to $20 billion, the first   
   $10 billion of which was disbursed in 2025. This brings our commitments   
   to over $216 billion.   
      
   In April 2025, the EU made additional $2.3 billion available generated   
   from immobilized Russian assets, $3.9 billion in total, $3.5 billion for   
   military support via EPF and $400 million through the Ukraine Facility.   
      
   In December 2023, European leaders endorsed opening accession   
   negotiations with Ukraine. Ukraine has shown remarkable determination   
   and progress on reforms, including anti-corruption, while defending its   
   country and its people against Russia’s aggression. Ukraine is already a   
   member of the European family and we will continue supporting Ukraine   
   every step of the way on its path to EU membership.   
      
   Since the start of Russia’s illegal war, we have worked in lockstep with   
   the United States and other partners to impose massive, unprecedented   
   sanctions on Russia, its military, and its economy, as well as to   
   isolate Russia internationally, in spite of their negative effects on   
   Europe’s economy.   
      
   The EU also moved at lightning speed to diversify our energy supplies   
   and decouple from Russian fossil fuels, banning Russian coal and oil   
   imports and drastically reducing gas imports. The U.S. commitment to   
   support Europe in substituting U.S. LNG replacing most of the imported   
   Russian gas has been instrumental in derailing Putin’s plans. Collective   
   EU and EU Member State support to Ukraine includes:   
      
   Close to $104 billion in financial and budgetary support and in   
   humanitarian and emergency assistance. This support is as essential as   
   military assistance to ensure Ukraine’s success on the battlefield. It   
   allows Ukraine to keep paying wages and pensions and maintain essential   
   public services, such as hospitals, schools, and housing for relocated   
   people. It also ensures macroeconomic stability, and helps restore   
   critical infrastructure destroyed. It includes: $43 billion of financial   
   assistance to Ukraine in 2022-2025, including $15.5 billion in 2025 $34   
   billion of financial assistance mobilized from the Ukraine Facility $16   
   billion of financial assistance directly from EU Member States in   
   grants, loans, and guarantees $3 billion in loans from the EIB and EBRD   
   guaranteed by the EU budget $4.8 billion in humanitarian aid, emergency   
   assistance, budget support and crisis response and $122 million to   
   rebuild Ukrainian schools Over 156,000 tonnes of in-kind assistance,   
   including medical supplies, mobile hospitals, shelters, school buses,   
   ambulances, and over 9,400 power generators, with an estimated value of   
   over $1 billion, have been provided via the EU Civil Protection   
   Mechanism by 35 participating countries, coordinated by the EU. The EU   
   has coordinated 4,695 medical evacuations of Ukrainian patients to   
   provide them with specialized healthcare in hospitals across Europe   
      
   Since 2022, the EU has given $2.3 billion for energy security, primarily   
   via the Ukraine Energy Support Fund and the Union Civil Protection   
   Mechanism and recently signed a guarantee for $577 million for gas   
   reserves. An additional $46 million is being provided for winter   
   preparedness 2025/2026, and a Combined Heat and Power Plant is being   
   sent to Ukraine.   
      
   Over $70 billion in military assistance – ranging from ammunition to   
      
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