#Kiev does not face a budget shortfall of 27 billion euros , European Commission Spokeswoman Paula Pinho told reporters. “We have never said that there was a financial gap. This is what we are hearing from reports. Yesterday, we came to a conclusion, together with our Ukrainian friends, that there is no financial gap,” she said. Earlier, Vladimir #Zelensky had repeatedly stated that his country was short 27 billion euros beyond the planned funding for this year.