Unlike previous European assistance packages, this one is heavily weighted toward military spending, meant to put Ukraine on solid footing for a long fight.

Europe must have its own defense system against ballistic weapons, and Ukraine is already holding talks with several countries on its creation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr

Ukraine has completed the work needed to open the negotiation clusters in record time Ukraine and Moldova have demonstrated significant progress in implementing key reforms despite the difficult conditions both countries are facing.

After months of impasse because of objections from Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orban, E.U. ambassadors took a critical step on the way to disbursing the much-needed money.

Ukraine will receive the first tranche of €6 billion from the military component of the European Union's €90 billion loan no later than June.

Europe should fund Ukraine’s reconstruction by taxing Russian imports, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal said. The bill to repair Ukraine’s devastated infrastructure and bombed-out cities runs into the hundreds of billions of euros,

European Union leaders at a summit in Cyprus agreed that the first negotiations for Ukraine to join the bloc could start in the coming weeks and months, Bloomberg News reported, citing an EU official.