Overview
- An 18-page document dated January 22 was circulated to EU capitals outlining a decade-long “prosperity plan” tied to rapid EU integration for Ukraine.
- The draft envisions $500 billion over 10 years from the EU, the U.S. and international financial institutions, plus a European Commission commitment of €100 billion from the next EU budget to unlock further investment.
- The strategy sets a 100-day operational launch and a funding horizon through 2040, shifting Ukraine from emergency aid to longer-term growth.
- Washington is cast as a strategic economic partner through a U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund and targeted investment in critical minerals, infrastructure, energy and technology, with no specific U.S. funding figure attached.
- Private capital inflows are described as unlikely while fighting continues, the plan is linked to a U.S.-brokered 20-point peace blueprint with a Ukraine–Russia–U.S. meeting scheduled in Abu Dhabi, and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán has objected to fast-tracked EU entry claims contested by Kyiv.