Here’s How Much Aid the United States Has Sent Ukraine

October 23, 2026 4:45 p.m.

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After Russia’s invasion in February 2022, Ukraine became by far the top recipient of U.S. foreign aid, marking the first time a European country held the top spot since the Marshall Plan directed vast sums to rebuild the continent after World War II. Yet U.S. commitment to Ukraine has shifted sharply under the second Trump administration, and there has been no significant aid legislation since 2024.

How much aid has the United States provided Ukraine?

As of June 30, 2026, the U.S. Congress has made available $196 billion in spending related to Operation Atlantic Resolve and the war in Ukraine, according to the U.S. Special Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve. Of the $196 billion, $164 billion comes from five pieces of legislation, the last of which was passed in April 2024. The remainder comes from annual agency budgets and other appropriations ($28 billion), and from NATO contributions received to pay for the provision of U.S. arms (allies or partners provided $5 billion in funds, which could be counted as aid from those donors).

In late 2024, the United States also provided the Ukrainian government with a $20 billion loan, not included in the $196 billion figure, provided via the World Bank and to be repaid by interest generated from frozen Russian assets.

It’s important to note that not all of the U.S. government spending related to the war directly aids the government of Ukraine, as shown in the chart below. The amount of U.S. aid directly supporting Ukraine is about $127 billion, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. Most of the remaining spending has funded various activities associated with the war such as the U.S. military presence in Europe, while a small portion has supported other affected countries in the region.

A large share of the money in the aid bills has been spent in the United States, paying for U.S. factories and workers to produce weapons that are either shipped to Ukraine or used to replenish stocks of U.S. weapons the Pentagon has sent to Ukraine during the war. A 2023 analysis by the American Enterprise Institute found that Ukraine aid spending has funded defense manufacturing in more than seventy U.S. cities.

Dozens of other countries, including most members of NATO and the European Union (EU), have also provided large aid packages to Ukraine, and significantly increased their support in 2025 and 2026. Collectively, European countries have provided more aid than the United States has since the start of the war (see below).

Is the United States still providing aid to Ukraine under President Donald Trump?

Since Trump returned to office in January 2025, there has been no legislation or other authorization of significant new aid to Ukraine. Some of the aid appropriated under the Biden administration is still in the pipeline, and deliveries of aid packages have continued, though on two occasions in 2025 the Trump administration temporarily paused some deliveries. As of June 30, 2026, the United States had disbursed 62 percent of the $196 billion in spending related to the conflict (U.S. spending is first appropriated, then obligated, then disbursed). 

In June 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would provide new aid to Ukraine and place sanctions on Russia. The measure was supported by Democrats and a small number of Republicans, and would still need the support of the U.S. Senate and the president to become law.

Trump has allowed the sale of U.S. weapons to Ukraine through a plan known as the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), in which NATO allies pay for U.S. weapons and transfer them to Ukraine. The program is providing advanced U.S. weapons such as Patriot missiles and is supplying the majority of the missiles used in Ukraine’s air defense systems.  However, by mid-October 2026, Ukrainian stockpiles of interceptors had almost been exhausted, and, as of October 21, the Trump administration had not signed off on the foreign transfer of additional missiles.

In October, Ukraine also reported experiencing other disruptions in assistance, including the loss of early-warning intelligence about incoming Russian ballistic missile attacks, as well as slowdowns in its Starshield and Starlink internet services operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. In October, Ukraine also reported experiencing other disruptions in assistance, including the loss of early-warning intelligence about incoming Russian ballistic missile attacks, as well as slowdowns in its Starshield and Starlink internet services operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the United States of intentionally causing the disruptions. 

The Trump administration has denied involvement. In a statement on October 19, a senior Pentagon official said that “there has been no change to Department of War policy regarding intelligence sharing or any capabilities we are enabling Europeans to provide to Ukraine.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio the following day said nothing had been “deliberately denied to Ukraine.” But on October 20, the Wall Street Journal reported that Musk ordered the slowdown and that he and Trump discussed it, with one source saying they spoke beforehand; CBS News reported that Musk consulted several administration officials in advance to gauge Trump’s thinking.

Why has the United States provided aid to Ukraine?

Much of the U.S. aid has gone toward providing weapons systems, training, and intelligence that Ukrainian commanders need to defend against Russia, which has one of the world’s most powerful militaries. Many Western analysts say the military aid provided by the United States and other allies has played a pivotal role in Ukraine’s defense and counteroffensive against Russia. Russia made incremental gains in 2024 and 2025, capturing some territory along the eastern front, but its progress has stalled in 2026.

During the Biden administration, the United States and top European allies considered Russia’s invasion an illegal war of aggression on NATO’s frontier that, if successful, would subjugate millions of Ukrainians; encourage Russian President Vladimir Putin’s revanchist aims; and invite similar aggression from other rival powers, especially China.

What weapons and equipment has the United States sent Ukraine?

Since Russia’s invasion in 2022, the United States has provided or agreed to provide Ukraine with a long list of defense capabilities, including widely used items such as artillery shells as well as more expensive systems.

NATO allies are particularly wary of being pulled directly into the hostilities, which could dramatically raise the risk of a nuclear war. However, as the fighting has progressed, many donor governments have shed their reluctance to give Ukraine more sophisticated assets, such as battle tanks and modern fighter aircraft. In the summer of 2023, the United States agreed to allow its European allies to provide Ukraine with U.S.-made F-16s. Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway have collectively pledged more than eighty F-16s, some of which have been delivered.

In early 2024, the Biden administration started supplying Ukraine with significant numbers of long-range precision missiles, known as ATACMS, that can strike targets nearly 200 miles (322 kilometers) away. After some initial restrictions, the Biden administration eventually permitted Ukraine to use ATACMS to strike inside Russian territory. The Trump administration initially blocked use of the missiles in 2025, though Ukraine announced their use later in the year. The Trump administration considered providing Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, as requested by Zelenskyy, but ultimately chose not to do so.

The weapons and equipment provided by the United States and others have been of critical importance, and Ukraine has continued to request aid. Amid continuing Russian attacks on civilian and energy infrastructure, Zelenskyy has repeatedly pleaded for more interceptor missiles. “The American president has all the effective and necessary tools to bring peace closer through strength, justice, and pressure on the aggressor,” he wrote on October 14.

At the same time, Ukraine has over the course of the war become a leading military power in its own right, with innovations in drone warfare and a domestic industry that produces large quantities of munitions. Ukrainian expertise in air defense has been in particularly high demand as countries reckon with the rising use of cheap attack drones.

How does the aid to Ukraine compare to that for other recipients of U.S. assistance?

When compared to U.S. assistance to other top recipients in recent years, the extraordinary scale of the aid prior to 2025 comes into view. This data comes from ForeignAssistance.gov.

Looking back over the last several decades, aid to Ukraine also ranks among the largest relative to the size of the U.S. economy at the time.

However, the magnitude of U.S. aid to Ukraine can seem less remarkable in comparison to what the Pentagon budgets each year, or what the Treasury Department was authorized to spend (via the Troubled Asset Relief Program) to bail out Wall Street banks, auto companies, and other sectors of the economy during the U.S. financial crisis.

How does U.S. aid to Ukraine compare to that from Europe?

Nearly all aid to Ukraine has come from the United States and Europe. The United States has provided more aid than any other country, although European countries have collectively provided more than the United States. While the United States has made no new major aid commitments since 2024, aid from Europe has increased significantly. 

European countries are providing aid individually and through the EU. In April 2026, EU members finalized a loan of 90 billion euros, of which two-thirds is allocated for military assistance and defense procurement and the remaining third will go to support Ukraine’s economy. The loan was being disbursed by mid-2026 after Hungary temporarily blocked the measure. Another measure repeatedly debated in Europe is leveraging $207 billion in frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine, though Belgium has resisted the proposal because of concerns about Russian retaliation.

Data comparing aid from different countries is from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, which tracks aid as “committed,” defined as declarations of support, and “allocated,” defined as delivered or specified for delivery.

When compared to individual countries, the U.S. contribution stands out, particularly in the case of military aid.

However, many European governments are making much larger contributions to Ukraine relative to the size of their economies.

Thirty-six countries made major arms transfers to Ukraine from 2022 to 2025. Nearly all were wealthy democracies.