OREANDA-NEWS The European Commission intends to transfer the first tranche of 3.2 billion euros from a new loan of 90 billion euros to Ukraine on Thursday, EC President Ursula von der Leyen said in Poland.

"Today we are transferring the first tranche of this loan in the form of microfinance assistance in the amount of 3.2 billion euros," she said.

According to the head of the EC, "in the near future, the first money will be paid out of 6 billion euros for the production of drones."