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Strategies & Market Trends : World Outlook
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To: Les H who wrote (47687)9/15/2025 7:45:19 AM
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Kyiv puts defence needs for 2026 at $120 billion – even if Russia's war ends
The EU is mulling over ways to keep Ukraine's army supplied whatever happens

Ukraine said Saturday that it needed at least $120 billion next year to fight Russia’s invasion, and would need a similar amount to maintain its military, even if the war ended.

Ukraine spends around a third of its entire economic output on defence and relies on tens of billions of dollars of financial assistance from its Western allies to keep its economy afloat.

Speaking at a conference in Kyiv, Ukraine’s Defence Minister Denys Shmygal said his country risked losing more land to Russia if it continued to be outspent on the battlefield.

“I should say that if the war will continue, we will need a minimum of $120 billion for the next year,” Shmygal said.

Even if the war ended, Ukraine would need a similar amount just to keep its army in good form, “in case of secondary aggression from the Russian side”, he added.

He suggested confiscating Russian assets frozen in the West to pay for the defence spending, saying Ukrainians were already shouldering a significant tax burden after three-and-a-half years of war.

Russia says any attempt to seize its assets amounts to theft and will incur consequences.

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed using frozen Russian assets to fund a “reparations loan” for Ukraine, but said the 27-member bloc would not seize the assets themselves.

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