Sunday, 18 October18 October18 Oct. Yerevan 18° Air: moderate
Rates

Official rates of the Central Bank of Armenia, 16.10.2026

USD 362.34
EUR 407.92
RUB 4.33
GEL 139.60
Gold (1 g) 48,372
Silver (1 g) 661
ENG

World

Zelensky asks EU for an additional 70 billion euros in aid

First reported by 168 Zham: 22:20, 16 October

Updated 19:21, 14 sources

World. Photo: http://www.president.gov.ua/ / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0, cropped
Photo: http://www.president.gov.ua/ / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0, cropped

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at the EU summit in Brussels that Ukraine expects another 70 billion euros in aid from the EU for defense, weapons procurement and resilience. According to some sources, the money is needed for 2027. European Council President António Costa had stated that the European Commission has been tasked with examining Ukraine's budgetary needs for next year.

How each side framed it

The outlets' original headlines, unchanged.

No outlet on this side covered this story.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first, who followed. Each dot is one outlet.

Timeline as a list
  1. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  2. News.am (Opposition)
  3. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  4. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  5. 24news.am (Opposition)
  6. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  7. Factor (Balanced)
  8. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  9. Iravunk (Opposition)
  10. Infocom (Balanced)
  11. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  12. Tert.am (Opposition)
  13. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  14. 1in.am (Balanced)

All sources

Related stories

Report a problem with this story