ZELENSKY EXPOSED? $27 Billion Budget Hole SHOCKS EU Allies — 'Bomb Had Been Dropped'!

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President Volodymyr Zelensky's demands for increased military support have caused alarm among Ukraine's allies after revealing a 27 billion dollar deficit in Ukraine's 2026 defence budget, according to a report by The Washington Post, with European officials having previously believed the country's financing needs through 2027 had already been addressed. The newspaper reported that Zelensky told allied leaders in Kyiv in late August that Ukraine's Defence Ministry had already spent funds earmarked for the end of 2026, creating an immediate shortfall, with Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi later informing parliament that the deficit reflected rising military costs and intensified Russian strikes. Zelensky stated the additional funding was needed for weapons procurement, military salaries and compensation payments to families of soldiers killed in action, though the scale of the shortfall has raised significant concern in Brussels, where earlier estimates had placed Ukraine's fun

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