Overseas Minister Andrii Sybiha has given an optimistic evaluation of the outcomes of 2025 in Ukraine's relations with Europe.

Supply: Sybiha on his Fb web page, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Amongst Ukraine's most notable achievements of 2025, Sybiha named 4 new EU sanctions packages towards Russia, describing them as "really robust, non-symbolic packages", in addition to the truth that Russia did not safe the elimination of any of its oligarchs from the sanctions lists regardless of energetic makes an attempt.

Because the second level, Sybiha cited steady EU monetary assist, which is a basic issue for Ukraine's resilience.

"All through 2025, the whole quantity of EU budgetary assist to Ukraine amounted to roughly €28.8 billion, of which €18.1 billion was offered below ERA Loans and €10.7 billion below the Ukraine Facility," the overseas minister famous.

As well as, among the many achievements he listed:

• the December determination of the European Council concerning a €90 billion EU mortgage for Ukraine for 2026-2027, raised via EU borrowing on capital markets and secured by an EU funds reserve
• the choice to freeze Russian property in Europe indefinitely till Russia totally compensates the harm brought on by its aggression, in addition to using earnings from frozen Russian property for Ukraine's defence wants. By the European Peace Facility (EPF), a second tranche of €1.85 billion was acquired, and work started on attracting a 3rd tranche of €80 million
• army assist from the EU, together with 2 million artillery rounds for Ukraine and the coaching of 19,000 Ukrainian army personnel inside the EUMAM mission
• consideration of Ukraine and its pursuits in key EU defence initiatives just like the White Paper for European Defence, the ReArm Europe Plan – Readiness 2030 and the SAFE instrument, inside which the potential quantity of joint tasks involving Ukraine may attain €5.2 billion; the inclusion of 11 Ukrainian army greater schooling establishments within the community of the European Safety and Defence School
• the creation of a €300 million Ukraine Help Instrument to develop Ukraine's defence business and the deliberate inclusion of cooperation with Ukraine within the European Defence Trade Programme (EDIP) with a funds of €1.5 billion till 2027
• full EU assist and monetary participation in constructing the structure of accountability for Russia's aggression, together with the institution of a Particular Tribunal for the crime of aggression towards Ukraine and additional steps to launch a compensation mechanism for the harm brought about to Ukrainians by Russian aggression
• tangible progress in negotiations on Ukraine's EU membership regardless of Hungary's veto:"This yr, bilateral screening was accomplished for all six negotiation clusters, negotiation positions had been ready for all clusters, and all preconditions for his or her opening had been fulfilled. Ukraine achieved 99% alignment of its overseas coverage with the European Union," Sybiha famous
• six European Parliament resolutions in assist of Ukraine
• deepening commerce and financial integration between Ukraine and the EU, the introduction of an up to date commerce regime from 29 October 2025, and the extension of the moratorium on commerce defence devices till 5 June 2028
• completion of preparations for Ukraine's accession to the EU Roaming space from 1 January 2026, successfully granting Ukraine entry to the European single market on this space even earlier than full membership
• important assist for the resilience of Ukraine's vitality system, together with help to Naftogaz amounting to round €900 million in preparation for winter, and an unprecedented logistics operation to move a thermal energy plant donated by Lithuania to Ukraine
• growth of the worldwide authorized framework of cooperation between Ukraine and the EU – 19 agreements or worldwide authorized devices had been concluded or had their conclusion procedures accomplished
• Ukraine's accession to 3 elements of the European Area Programme: Earth statement (Copernicus), area climate monitoring (SWE), and monitoring dangers from near-Earth objects (NEO)
• Ukraine acquiring full participant standing within the EU Inventive Europe Programme
• "an unprecedented stage" of coordination and interplay with the EU in supporting Ukraine's efforts to revive a simply and sustainable peace. Over the yr, almost 140 occasions, visits, and conversations at excessive and highest ranges came about, and the Ukrainian overseas minister participated in all conferences of the EU Overseas Affairs Council.

"This isn’t only a checklist of achievements and selections. It is a yr by which Ukraine has taken one other step nearer to the European Union, systematically, constantly, and irreversibly. It is a yr when Europe really awoke and strengthened its geostrategic positions along with Ukraine. Subsequent yr, we are going to develop this development additional. We want a united and robust Europe that's shielded from the Russian risk, one that’s proactive and aggressive in all world processes," Sybiha concluded.

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