Commission pledges €3.3bn arming Ukraine
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The European Commission pledged €3.3 billion to buy drones and air-defence weapons for Ukraine, amid concerns the funding gap remained unresolved and Belgium continued blocking frozen Russian assets.
by Linda Yueh Reposted by Iikka Korhonen
4 years into the full-scale invasion, the cost of Ukraine’s reconstruction and recovery is almost $600 billion over the next decade. TEU leaders agreed a €90 billion loan for 2026 and 2027 after failing to bridge differences over a loan backed by immobilised Russian assets
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A view to a kill…ing of productivity: The allocative cost of war in Ukraine
Estimates of the cost of Russia’s war on Ukraine are dominated by what the war destroys. This column measures a second cost: the labour and capital that survive but end up stuck in low-value uses. Fir...
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September 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM
4 years into the full-scale invasion, the cost of Ukraine’s reconstruction and recovery is almost $600 billion over the next decade. TEU leaders agreed a €90 billion loan for 2026 and 2027 after failing to bridge differences over a loan backed by immobilised Russian assets
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
by Daniel Fiott
A highly recommended read by Federico Santopinto for @institutiris.bsky.social:
“EU and NATO Defence Industrial and Procurement Policies: Complementarity or Competition?”
www.iris-france.org/en/eu-and-na...
“EU and NATO Defence Industrial and Procurement Policies: Complementarity or Competition?”
www.iris-france.org/en/eu-and-na...
EU and NATO Defence Industrial and Procurement Policies: Complementarity or Competition? - IRIS
Over the past decade, the European Union (EU) has significantly expanded its role in the defence industry. More recently, it has also developed a range of new and equally important instruments in the ...
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September 18, 2026 at 8:48 AM
A highly recommended read by Federico Santopinto for @institutiris.bsky.social:
“EU and NATO Defence Industrial and Procurement Policies: Complementarity or Competition?”
www.iris-france.org/en/eu-and-na...
“EU and NATO Defence Industrial and Procurement Policies: Complementarity or Competition?”
www.iris-france.org/en/eu-and-na...