Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko announced that budget support for Ukraine in 2025 from key international partners will amount to $16.8 billion. Thanks to coordinated cooperation with partners, all external financing needs for the upcoming year are fully covered. However, according to the minister, Ukraine must remain prepared for various scenarios of events.
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Critical Support in 2026
Marchenko also emphasized that international support will remain “critically important for maintaining financial stability, restoring the economy, and attracting foreign investment” in 2026.
Strengthening the Financial System
He stressed the need to strengthen Ukraine’s financial system. Due to the growth of domestic revenues and stable financing, the country is gradually reducing its budget deficit. By the end of the first quarter of 2025, revenues of the general fund of the state budget increased by $1 billion compared to the same period in 2024. As a result of the issuance of government bonds, $3 billion has already been attracted to the budget in 2025. It is projected that the budget deficit will decrease to 19.4% of GDP in 2025, down from 24% in 2024.
Marchenko also noted that Ukraine is receiving funds under the ERA program – a total of $50 billion, which is financed from revenues from frozen Russian assets.