Zelenskyy says $16bn in US aid remains undelivered as Spain pledges $489m
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine has not received US$16 billion in US aid envisaged by previous agreements, and that the provision of those funds has been suspended, after a visit to Madrid where Spain announced a new military aid package.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine has not received US$16 billion in US aid envisaged by previous agreements, and that the provision of those funds has been suspended, after a visit to Madrid where Spain announced a new military aid package.
Zelenskyy met Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Madrid and said Spain will provide a new US$489 million military aid package. He briefed Sánchez on Russian strikes against Ukraine's energy system, logistics and railways, and said Russia has damaged more Ukrainian locomotives this year than in all previous years of the war combined.
The undelivered US aid, and the strain on Ukraine's air defences and energy grid, come as Kyiv faces the heaviest Russian bombardment of the war's winter months. Germany said on 7 November that it could provide no more Patriot air-defence systems for now, underlining the gap in Ukraine's protection against ballistic missiles.
Spain's package adds to a series of European pledges as Ukraine seeks to keep its defences supplied through the winter.
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Source: Ukraine War News (6 Nov 2026); Vigil Consilium weekly brief (8 Nov 2026).