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15 Countries that Provided the Highest Military Aid to Ukraine
Ashar Jawad
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In this article, we look at the 15 countries that provided the highest military aid to Ukraine. You can skip our detailed analysis on how foreign assistance helped Kyiv turn the tide against Russia, and head over directly to the 5 Countries that Provided the Highest Military Aid to Ukraine.

The United States sends billions of dollars in aid to beneficiaries across the world every year in pursuit of varying interests like economic, security, or humanitarian. During the start of 2022, much of the vast sums were diverted towards America’s global priorities at that time to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, fight climate change, and counter authoritarianism. However, after the Russian invasion in February that year, Ukraine has become the single largest recipient of American aid. According to the Council of Foreign Relations, this is the first time since the administration of Harry S. Truman that a European country has held the top spot.

President Biden’s administration has channelled more than $75 billion in assistance to Ukraine, of which an estimated $46.6 billion has been military related. The remaining funding has been directed to address financial and humanitarian needs. The United States has also, time and again, rallied its allies to come to Ukraine’s help to repulse Russian aggression. The April 2022 meeting at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany was instrumental in this regard. Security officials from more than 40 countries – mainly members of the EU and NATO – attended the gathering at the American military base to pledge and coordinate support for Ukraine.

As a result, Ukraine has received more than $100 billion in military aid, as of September 2023, from 47 countries. A majority of these countries are wealthy democracies, mostly European, with the exception of Japan and South Korea from Asia. However, the contribution from the United States well exceeds that of all other donors, as it accounts for nearly half of all military aid received by Ukraine.

Even when it comes to overall aid – financial, military, and humanitarian combined – Ukraine towers well above all other recipients of American aid. The U.S. pledged over $75 billion in all assistance to Ukraine in 2022, compared to $3.3 billion for Israel in 2021, and $1.4 billion for Afghanistan in the same year, which also turned out to be the year when Ashraf Ghani’s Kabul administration collapsed to the Taliban.

Historically, several other countries and regions have benefited from American aid over the last century, but none has received as much as Ukraine. The United States spent 0.33% of its GDP on Ukraine in 2022, in contrast to 0.08% of the GDP spent on Taiwan in 1960 and Pakistan in 1962, during the formative years of both countries. 0.15% was incurred in Latin America in 1964, while 0.18% of the GDP was spent on Israel in 1979.

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