‘No question’ EU funds must not be misused, Estonian minister says

Published on 13/05/2026 - 9:29 GMT+2

Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur told Euronews determination is “no question” that accountability needs to beryllium enforced erstwhile it comes to the bloc’s €90 cardinal loan, arsenic the erstwhile main of unit to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is investigated implicit graft allegations.

“We request to person accountability successful place,” Pevkur told Euronews’ programme Europe Today.

“It is decidedly thing Ukrainians are looking into precise earnestly due to the fact that it is besides important for them that determination are nary rumours oregon problems progressive with that benignant of assistance.

“At the extremity of the day, they request to unafraid enactment not lone present but besides for years to travel – adjacent aft the warfare is over.”

Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov was contiguous astatine Tuesday’s Foreign Affairs Council talks, which centred connected defence. Pevkur said it is up to Fedorov to show however the funds volition beryllium used, not lone to allay the anxieties of Ukrainians but besides those of Europeans.

“Ukrainians inactive request our assistance and assistance to rebuild Ukraine and enactment its way to becoming a mean European country,” helium said.

“This is wherefore it is archetypal and foremost up to the Ukrainians to amusement some their ain radical and america that everything is successful bully shape.”

Ukraine volition besides beryllium the absorption of talks successful Romania astatine a B9 Summit connected Wednesday, a gathering aimed astatine exploring however allies connected the Eastern and Nordic flanks tin lend much substantially to transatlantic security.

Watch the afloat interrogation successful the subordinate above.