# European Commission rejects Kyiv’s claim of €27 billion funding shortfall

https://mins.news/en/item/83403

- TASS, 2026-10-02 12:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2196705

> European Commission spokeswoman Paula Pinho said Kyiv does not face a €27 billion budget shortfall. She said the Commission and its Ukrainian counterparts had concluded the previous day that no funding gap existed. Volodymyr Zelenskyy had repeatedly said Ukraine was €27 billion short beyond this year’s planned funding.

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