{"id":1382776,"date":"2026-04-16T13:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/where-will-the-first-tranche-of-the-european-loan-be-directed-the-response-of-the-eu-commissioner\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:11:08","slug":"where-will-the-first-tranche-of-the-european-loan-be-directed-the-response-of-the-eu-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/where-will-the-first-tranche-of-the-european-loan-be-directed-the-response-of-the-eu-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"Where will the first tranche of the European loan be directed: the response of the EU Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Europe will direct the first tranche of aid allocated within the billion-dollar loan to the purchase of drones for Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was stated the day before by European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurointegration.com.ua\/news\/2026\/04\/16\/7235579\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;European Truth&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is worth noting that the drones purchased with loan funds will be Ukrainian-made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the official, Ukraine has requested defense assistance worth a total of over 28 billion euros this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe first product supply plan focuses on drones from Ukraine&#8217;s advanced defense industry,\u201d Kubilius explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He added that further plans are underway to involve the European defense industry more in the supply of future plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> As a reminder, the European Commission expects that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/kredyt-na-90-miliardiv-ievro-yevrokomisiia-anonsuvala-pershyy-transh-dopomohy-ukraini\/\">the first funds under the new \u20ac90 billion loan package for Ukraine may arrive by the end of the second quarter<\/a> of 2026.<\/p>\n<p> As is known, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/kredyt-dlia-ukrainy-yes-spodivaietsia-aktyvizuvaty-robotu-pislia-porazky-orbana\/\">the European Union hopes to unblock a billion-dollar loan for Ukraine as soon as possible<\/a> and impose new sanctions against Russia amid Viktor Orban&#8217;s defeat in the parliamentary elections in Hungary.<\/p>\n<p> By the way, the future Prime Minister of Hungary, Peter Magyar, stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/kredyt-dlia-ukrainy-madiar-nazvav-umovu-dlia-zniattia-veto\/\">Budapest will lift its veto on a 90 billion loan for Ukraine after the restoration of the Druzhba oil pipeline<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe will direct the first tranche of aid allocated within the billion-dollar loan to the purchase of drones for Ukraine. This was stated the day before by European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius, reported &#8220;European Truth&#8221;. It is worth noting that the drones purchased with loan funds will be Ukrainian-made. 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