BRUSSELS, December 21. /TASS/. The European Commission (EC) transferred the December support package of 1.5 bln euro to Ukraine as part of the 2023 macro-financial assistance program, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced on Thursday.

"Today we disburse the last 1.5 bln euro of our 18 bln euro 2023 support package to Ukraine. We must find an agreement to keep providing Ukraine with the support it needs to recover, rebuild and reform. We stand by the side of our neighbor, friend and aspiring member," she wrote on her page on the social network X (formerly Twitter).

The EU leaders failed to reach an agreement on December 14-15 to allocate 50 bln euro to Ukraine over the next four years, which would have required them to make additional contributions to the EU budget. Negotiations have been extended, and this topic may become the primary focus of the next EU summit, which will tabe held on February 1, 2024.