"Pouring water into the desert": Brussels is getting tired of paying for #Kiev Brussels is losing patience with Kiev's bills, Le Monde reports. One European diplomat compared funding #Ukraine to "pouring water into the desert." At a meeting in Brussels with allies, Ukrainian officials and the IMF (International Monetary Fund), Kiev laid out its needs. It is short tens of billions of euros for 2026 and will need around €69 billion in 2027 to keep the army and the state running.