Overview
- EU ministers approved a fifth Ukraine Facility disbursement worth more than €1.8 billion after Kyiv met required steps, targeting macro‑stability and public administration.
- The European Commission’s 2025 enlargement package says Ukraine has met conditions to open negotiation clusters 1, 2 and 6, while warning about growing pressure on anti‑corruption bodies and civil society.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Yuliya Svyrydenko say roughly €750 million is still missing from about €1.9–2.0 billion needed for gas imports, and Ursula von der Leyen pledged emergency energy support including an additional €127 million.
- Ukraine budgeted 14.4 billion UAH for ‘winter support’, including a one‑off 1,000 UAH payment with applications accepted from November 15 to December 15 and a targeted 6,500 UAH grant for vulnerable groups.
- Ukrenergo reported power consumption up 2.5% versus the previous day due to rainy weather, with industrial limits and hourly outages scheduled in some areas, as authorities cite 1.8 GW of distributed generation already commissioned.