War against Ukraine

Europe has clearly overtaken the United States in promised aid to Ukraine, with total European commitments now being twice as large. A main reason is the EU’s new €50 billion “Ukraine Facility,” but also other European countries have upped their support with new multi-year packages. For the first time since the start of the war, the US is now clearly lagging behind. This is one of the results of the latest update of the Ukraine Support Tracker.

Despite some larger support packages, the total amount of new bilateral support commitments to Ukraine by other countries has been low in spring 2023 compared to previous periods. Most of the new pledges were military aid. However, despite the Ukrainian offensive, new pledges are not as large as at the beginning of the year, and military equipment deliveries are well below commitments. This is the result of the latest data analysis of the Ukraine Support Tracker.

Japan and Scandinavian countries in particular have made significant further pledges of support to Ukraine at the beginning of 2023. This is the result of the latest data analysis of the Ukraine Support Tracker, which now also covers the entire first twelve months since the beginning of the Russian attack. Overall, new commitments at the beginning of the year have been comparatively small.