Photograph: Tommaso Fumagalli/EPAMEPs in the European Parliament have approved a €90 billion loan from the European Union to Ukraine, to fill a glaring budget shortfall Kyiv was facing in the coming months. Some 458 MEPs voted in favour, 140 against, with 44 abstaining. Sinn Féin’s two MEPs, Lynn Boylan and Kathleen Funchion, voted against the loan at a parliament session in Strasbourg. Sinn Féin opposed a Government motion seeking support for the €90 billion EU loan in the Dáil last week. The loan contains a clause that Ukraine should “in principle” use the money to buy weapons and defence equipment from the Ukrainian or European defence industry.

Source: The Irish Times February 11, 2026 13:35 UTC