On 9 September 2025, Ukraine submitted a request for a partial payment of the fifth instalment of the Ukraine Plan, in accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2024/792 of 29 February 2024 establishing the Ukraine Facilitynote. To support the payment request, Ukraine provided justification of the satisfactory fulfilment of 10 steps set out in the Annex to Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/1447 of 14 May 2024 on the approval of the assessment of the Ukraine Plan, as amended by Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2157 of 17 October 2025 (‘the CID Annex’)note. One of those 10 steps is a pending step from the fourth instalment of the Plan.