European Union is the largest financial contributor with more than $85 billion in aid, the US provided more than $30 billion; military equipment and weapons aid not included in the figures
MOSCOW (Voice of Russia): Russian news agency TASS, in its report based on figures released by Ukraine’s Finance Ministry, has said that since February 2022 Western countries and international financial institutions have provided Ukraine with about $212 billion in direct financial aid. This amount was given to Ukraine’s state budget in the form of various grants and loans, while it does not include military aid, weapons, ammunition, defence equipment, intelligence information and the cost of training Ukrainian soldiers.
According to TASS, calculations based on Ukraine’s Finance Ministry figures show that the European Union is Ukraine’s largest financial contributor, having provided more than $85 billion since February 2022.
The United States provided Ukraine with a total of $30.2 billion in direct financial aid during former President Joe Biden’s tenure. According to the report, President Donald Trump halted direct financial aid to Ukraine after taking office in January 2025.
Among international financial institutions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) provided about $15.6 billion, while the World Bank provided $6.1 billion.
Japan provided Ukraine with about $10.3 billion, Canada with $6.2 billion and the United Kingdom with $3.8 billion in financial assistance.
Ukraine also received bilateral financial aid and loans from individual European countries. These include about $1.7 billion from Germany, $717 million from Norway and $437 million from France.
The report makes it clear that the figure of about $212 billion covers only direct financial assistance provided to Ukraine’s state budget. It does not include the cost of weapons, military vehicles, ammunition, defence equipment, intelligence cooperation and training of Ukrainian military personnel provided by Western countries.
The total value of financial and military assistance provided to Ukraine may thus exceed the above-mentioned figure of direct budget aid, although the report does not give the value of total military aid.
On the other hand, Russian officials have repeatedly stated that the financial and military aid provided to Ukraine by Western countries will not be able to decisively change the situation on the battlefield.
These details, based on figures from Ukraine’s Finance Ministry, have been released at a time when the war between Russia and Ukraine continues and the Ukrainian government is obtaining external assistance to meet its financial needs.
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