How much has the US given to Ukraine?
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Getty ImagesUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to the White House for negotiations aimed at the end of the war brought the scale of the US (USA) support to Ukraine again.
President Donald Trump criticized the amount of aid provided by the US compared to Europe in the past. However, the previously referred figures are not supported by evidence.
The BBC Verify is closely looking at how much US has compared Russia in February 2022 with full -scale invasion of Ukraine and the contribution of Europe.
How much did the US spend in total?
The US spent a total of $ 130.6 billion (£ 98.9 billion) between 24 January 2022 and 30 June 2025, According to the Kiel InstituteHe is a German -based think -tank that follows international support for Ukraine.
The US Department of Defense has achieved its own figure by looking at all expenditures made to the Atlantic Society Operation, which is a response to Russia’s occupation of Ukraine.
He says 184.8 billion dollars “allocated” – A figure covering US military training in Europe and the supply of US defense stocks.
This is only less up to date than the calculation of the Kiel Institute – but even though it is higher.
BBC Verify asked the US defense and government departments whether they could provide new figures.
What did Trump claim before?
In February, while hosting Macron, the president of France, Trump claimed:
“We spent more than $ 300 billion and Europe spent about 100 billion dollars – this is a big difference”
Getty ImagesBBC then looked at the claim and As a result, Trump’s numbers were not collected The figures published by both Kiel and the US government have shown that the United States spent much less than $ 300 billion.
It continues for six months.
How to compare with Europe?
It is true that the US is the only donor in Ukraine with some margins. However, according to the Kiel Institute, Europe spent more money than the combined USA.
According to Kiel Institute calculations, between January 2022 and the end of June 2025, Europe spent $ 165.7 billion in Ukraine compared to $ 130.6 billion in the same period.
The figure is directly included in bilateral agreements from the European Union (EU) aid, at the same time within and outside the EU. It includes military, financial and humanitarian aid.
Will the United States back the European money while doing the United States?
Trump previously claimed that Europe would take back its money for “lending” to Ukraine.
This pushed to intervene in Macron, who was sitting next to the US president at the oval office meetings in February, and to intervene, saying that both Europe and the United States gave a mixture of grants and credit.
President Macron is especially true according to Kiel figures on financial assistance. However, the figures of the institute show that President Trump is a point – the US sent more grants and the EU sent more loans.
However, again, there are different numbers there.
As of July 18, The EU says its members have provided approximately $ 180 billion so far.With loans that make up 35% of the total.
Like the United States Ministry of Defense, the EU used a wider definition of what is important as aid to Ukraine.
EU loans will be generous – so Ukraine will pay less interest than normal. In some cases, Ukraine is not expected to pay anything from receipts of revenues from frozen Russian assets.
We can say, help Ukraine Loan and grant mixture.
How much was England Ukraine given
Britain is one of the largest individual donors of Ukraine – the last, the last, Zelensky’s $ 2.8 billion ($ 2.3 billion) loan agreement signed during London on March 1.
At the end of July, The UK government committed $ 29.5 billion (£ 21.8 billion) for Ukraine. This includes $ 17.6 billion (£ 13 billion) in military support.
According to Kiel data, the United States and Germany are the only country to spend more.
However, Britain’s contributions are much smaller than the USA
This raises a question for England and other European countries: If peace is not guaranteed in the near future and decides to withdraw most of the US financing, can other states make a difference?
This will require a significant increase in their current contributions.
Additional Reporting: Thomas Spencer, Christine Jeavans and Daniel Wainwright
