kyiv – The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, warned that another 60,000 will be necessary millions of dollars to cover the war In 2026, a figure that is in charge of the state coffers themselves, as he told the media in an act that has had the presence of the president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.
Zelenski estimated at 120,000 million dollars the annual cost of the war, of which half come from the Ukrainian budget. “We have to find another 60,000 million next year,” he said.
“I hope we finish this war, but in any case, andL Plan A is to finish it. Plan B are 120,000 million. Therefore, this is a great challenge, “reiterate a Zelenski, who is confident that in peacetime, or even for a high fire, it is not necessary to reach these figures.
Armament arrives by NATO
On the other hand, Zelenski also referred to the first deliveries that have been arriving from the arms package approved by the Trump administration, financed by the rest of its NATO members.
The first two military aid packages are valued at 500 million dollars each, although they will increase in the coming weeks to reach 3.6 billion dollars. Includes the coveted American Patriot and Himars missiles.
These first deliveries are part of the Purl program, a mechanism by which NATO partners are coordinated for the purchase of American arsenals and thus meet kyiv’s most urgent demands.
