The European Commission has transferred the last tranche of €1.5 billion from the macro-financial aid package to Ukraine. In total, Kyiv received €18 billion in long-term concessional loans in 2023. This was announced by the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on Twitter.

The head of the European Commission emphasized the need to reach an agreement in order to continue to provide Ukraine with the support it needs for recovery and reforms.

"We stand by our neighbor, friend and future member," she added.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today we disburse the last €1.5 billion of our €18 billion 2023 support package to Ukraine.<br><br>We must find an agreement to keep providing Ukraine with the support it needs to recover, rebuild and reform.<br><br>We stand by the side of our neighbour, friend and aspiring member. <a href="https://t.co/hMXKIGJ2aR">pic.twitter.com/hMXKIGJ2aR</a></p>&mdash; Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) <a href="https://twitter.com/vonderleyen/status/1737780478747218268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>