The war in Ukraine entered its 1000th day on Tuesday, November 19.
For more than two and a half years, which countries have provided the most military aid to kyiv?
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War in Ukraine: a thousand days since the Russian invasion
A thousand days of conflict, and military aid still necessary for Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin’s Russian tanks entered Ukrainian territory, the start of a “special operation” which has become a long confrontation between the two countries for more than two and a half years. To hold on, Ukraine appeals to its Western allies for military help. Who contributed the most?
France in eighth position
Unsurprisingly, the United States of Joe Biden (new window) appear in the first position. According to German data from Kiel Institute for the World Economy reported by the BBC (new window) and stopped as of August 31, the Americans have provided the equivalent of 61.1 billion dollars in military aid. Which represents approximately 57.7 billion euros. The Germans (11.1 billion dollars) and the United Kingdom (10.1) complete the podium.
Then follow Denmark (7) and the Netherlands (5.5). To find France, you have to go down to eighth place with $3.4 billion in military aid, behind Sweden (4.6) and Poland (3.5), and ahead of Canada (2.7). and Finland (2.4). Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Lithuania complete this list, which does not take into account financial and humanitarian aid. By adding them, the European institutions (new window) are the second largest contributors to kyiv, behind the United States.
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Will this trend remain the same in the coming months? Nothing is less certain, since Joe Biden will give way to Donald Trump in the White House in January. The president-elect, whose troops have long blocked military aid in the American Congress, seems less inclined to help the country of Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he met during his campaign. Aware of the risk, the Ukrainian president recently said he wanted “do everything” to obtain an end to the war in 2025 by “diplomatic means”.
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