The European Commission on Tuesday 30 June disbursed part of the first tranche of the defence component of the EU's €90 billion loan to Ukraine. The payment amounted to €3.9 billion and will be used to procure Ukrainian-made drones.

The payment is part of the initial 6-billion-euro ($7-billion) tranche dedicated to drone procurement under the 90-billion-euro ($103 billion) Ukraine Support Loan.

The European Commission on Tuesday 30 June disbursed part of the first tranche of the defence component of the EU's €90 billion loan to Ukraine. The payment amounted to €3.9…