European support for Ukraine continues steadily—US assistance stalls

US aid has stalled since Donald Trump assumed office on January 20, 2025. No new military, financial, or humanitarian aid is observed since the United States announced its last aid package—still under the Biden administration, on January 9: EUR 480 million (USD 500 million) in military aid, including air-defense and air-to-surface missiles, as well as equipment for F-16 fighter jets. The last time US support paused for such a long stretch was in January 2024 during a congressional deadlock over a new Ukraine aid package.

“The recent pause in US aid raises the pressure on European governments to do more, both in financial and military assistance,” says Taro Nishikawa, project lead of the Ukraine Support Tracker at the Kiel Institute.

While Washington stalled its aid, Europe continued to announce new aid packages: In January and February the UK allocated EUR 360 million, Germany EUR 450 million, Norway EUR 610 million, Denmark EUR 690 million, and, most notably, Sweden EUR 1.1 billion.  On top of it, the European Commission has newly disbursed to Ukraine the first loan of EUR 3 billion. As a result, Europe has now allocated a total of EUR 138 billion in aid since the start of the war—EUR 23 billion more than the United States. Yet, in the area of military support, the US still leads, albeit by a small margin: Since February 2022, the US has allocated around EUR 65 billion in military aid to Ukraine, roughly EUR 1 billion more than Europe.

The new data underscore the large heterogeneity across Europe. Many Western European countries provide only limited aid, at least when compared to the Nordic and Baltics. Countries such as Estonia or Denmark have allocated more than 2 percent of their pre-war GDP to Ukraine, compared to about 0.4–0.5 percent for Germany and the UK, and only 0.1–0.2 percent by France, Italy, or Spain.

In the previous report “Ukraine Aid: How Europe Can Replace US Support”, the authors show that it is mostly the large European countries—the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain who would need to increase their support in order to partially or fully replace US aid. “If the ‘big five’ European countries would do nearly as much as the Nordic or Baltic countries, Europe could largely compensate for any US shortfall, especially when it comes to financial aid,” says Christoph Trebesch, head of the Ukraine Support Tracker at the Kiel Institute.

About the Ukraine Support Tracker

The Ukraine Support Tracker tracks and quantifies military, financial, and humanitarian assistance pledged to Ukraine since January 24, 2022. Included are 41 countries, specifically the EU member states, the other members of the G7, Australia, South Korea, Turkey, Norway, New Zealand, Switzerland, Turkey, China, Taiwan, India, and Iceland. It includes pledges made by the governments of these countries to the Ukrainian government; aid pledged by the EU Commission and the European Investment Bank is listed separately; private donations or those from international organizations such as the IMF are not included in the main database. Nor does it include aid to Ukraine's neighbors, such as Moldova, or to other countries, such as for the reception of refugees.

Data sources include official government announcements and international media reports. Aid in kind, such as medical supplies, food, or military equipment, is estimated using market prices or information from previous relief operations. In cases of doubt, the higher available value is used. The Ukraine Support Tracker is constantly being expanded, corrected and improved. Feedback and comments on our methodology paper and dataset are very welcome. You can reach us at ukrainetracker@ifw-kiel.de. 

More information and all detailed data can be found on the Ukraine Support Tracker webpage.