{"id":1405473,"date":"2026-07-10T20:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1405473"},"modified":"2026-07-10T17:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:34:20","slug":"eu-to-let-ukraine-buy-british-weapons-using-60-billion-defense-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/eu-to-let-ukraine-buy-british-weapons-using-60-billion-defense-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"EU to Let Ukraine Buy British Weapons Using \u20ac60 Billion Defense Loan"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>The European Union is preparing to allow Ukraine to use its \u20ac60 billion defense loan program to purchase British-made weapons, expanding Kyiv&#8217;s procurement options beyond EU-based manufacturers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-07-10\/eu-to-allow-ukraine-to-buy-uk-weapons-with-its-60-billion-loan?taid=6a50d1e29b6af9000123996a&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_content=business&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-07-10\/eu-to-allow-ukraine-to-buy-uk-weapons-with-its-60-billion-loan?taid=6a50d1e29b6af9000123996a&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_content=business&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\">Bloomberg<\/a> reported, citing sources familiar with the matter,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UATV English<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n   <p>According to the report, the EU and the United Kingdom have reached the final stages of negotiations on an agreement that would grant British defense companies access to the financing mechanism. The deal is expected to be announced as early as next week during a meeting of the UK- and France-led Coalition of the Willing in Paris.<\/p>\n   <p>Under the proposed arrangement, the UK would not be required to make a fixed upfront contribution to participate in the program. Instead, London would contribute proportionally based on the amount of EU loan funding Ukraine spends on contracts with British defense companies, with payments calculated according to the value of each contract and related financing costs.<\/p>\n   <p>The agreement is seen as a compromise after negotiations over the UK&#8217;s participation in the EU&#8217;s \u20ac150 billion SAFE defense fund stalled due to disagreements over London&#8217;s financial contribution.<\/p>\n   <p>Negotiations on the Ukraine loan mechanism, however, progressed much more quickly. According to Bloomberg&#8217;s sources, several EU member states, including the Netherlands, pushed for a rapid agreement.<\/p>\n   <p>EU officials reportedly believe the arrangement will primarily benefit Ukraine by making it easier to procure British military equipment while further integrating the Ukrainian and British defense industries.<\/p>\n   <p>The agreement was initially expected to be announced alongside broader UK-EU defense cooperation at the next UK-EU summit. Those plans were postponed until later this year following the resignation of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n   <p>Sources said most of the agreement was finalized on the sidelines of this week&#8217;s NATO summit in Ankara.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read Also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/kremlin-yet-to-decide-how-to-respond-to-trump-s-statements-on-the-war-and-patriot-for-ukraine-isw\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/kremlin-yet-to-decide-how-to-respond-to-trump-s-statements-on-the-war-and-patriot-for-ukraine-isw\/\">Kremlin Yet to Decide How to Respond to Trump\u2019s Statements on the War and Patriot for Ukraine \u2014 ISW<\/a><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union is preparing to allow Ukraine to use its \u20ac60 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":928464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36418,36415],"tags":[76,78,72926,72946],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1405473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid","tag-ukraine-nato"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EU to Let Ukraine Buy British Weapons Using \u20ac60 Billion Defense Loan - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/eu-to-let-ukraine-buy-british-weapons-using-60-billion-defense-loan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EU to Let Ukraine Buy British Weapons Using \u20ac60 Billion Defense Loan - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The European Union is preparing to allow Ukraine to use its \u20ac60 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/eu-to-let-ukraine-buy-british-weapons-using-60-billion-defense-loan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-10T17:03:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/british-flag-1907933_1280-820x504.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"504\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/eu-to-let-ukraine-buy-british-weapons-using-60-billion-defense-loan\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/eu-to-let-ukraine-buy-british-weapons-using-60-billion-defense-loan\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ec05b64cb7957f2edee871ad21ea2da9\"},\"headline\":\"EU to Let Ukraine Buy British Weapons Using \u20ac60 Billion Defense Loan\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-10T17:03:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/eu-to-let-ukraine-buy-british-weapons-using-60-billion-defense-loan\/\"},\"wordCount\":318,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/eu-to-let-ukraine-buy-british-weapons-using-60-billion-defense-loan\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/british-flag-1907933_1280.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435\",\"\u041d\u0430 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440)\",\"Ukraine\u2019s Allies &amp; 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