EU Approves Updated Ukraine Plan, Clearing Path for New Funding Tranches

The European Commission has approved changes to the Ukraine Plan within the Ukraine Facility program, paving the way for Kyiv to receive new tranches of financial aid from the EU.

The Gaze reports on it, referring to European Pravda.

The European Commission has approved Ukraine's proposed changes to the so-called Ukraine Plan — a package of reforms that is a condition for receiving €50 billion in funding under the Ukraine Facility program. 

Guillaume Mercier, the European Commission spokesman, clarified that “the proposed changes focus on making the plan more practical and effective in the current environment.” 

According to him, the update concerns, in particular, the energy and financial sectors. Some reform deadlines have been brought forward, and the descriptions of the implementation stages have been detailed. This should ensure a smoother and more predictable implementation of the changes.

The revised document has now been submitted to the EU Council for consideration, which must either approve it or propose additional amendments. A decision is expected by the end of September.

Notably, the first version of the plan was adopted in 2024 based on the assumption that the war would end by the end of that year. Since this did not happen, Kyiv initiated amendments to the Ukraine Plan due to the duration of the war and the need to update reform commitments. 

The government adopted the relevant decision on August 1, 2025, noting that the changes were intended to make the plan more adaptable to current conditions.

The Gaze previously reported that the fourth tranche of financial assistance to Ukraine under the Ukraine Facility mechanism was provided in a smaller amount due to the failure to implement three of the 16 promised reforms. The European Commission assessed 13 reforms as completed and proposed that the EU Council allocate €3.05 billion to Ukraine instead of the planned €4.5 billion.