US total aid to Ukraine in details

 

After Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014, the Obama Administration provided Ukraine nonlethal security assistance, such as body armor, helmets, vehicles, night and thermal vision devices, heavy engineering equipment, advanced radios, patrol boats, rations, tents, counter-mortar radars, uniforms, medical kits, and other related items. In2017, the Trump Administration announced U.S. readiness to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine.

In 2022, the Biden administration and the U.S. Congress have directed nearly $50 billion in assistance to Ukraine, which includes humanitarian, financial, and military support. The historic sums are helping a broad set of Ukrainian people and institutions, including refugees, law enforcement, and independent radio broadcasters, though most of the aid has been military-related. Dozens of other countries, including most members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union, are also providing large aid packages to Ukraine.

Much of the 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. U.S. and allied leaders consider Russia’s invasion a brutal and 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.

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Bilateral aid to Ukraine between January 24, 2022, and November 20, 2022:

Humanitarian: $9.9 billion (21%)

Financial : $15.1 billion (31%)

Security assistance: $8.9 billion (19%)

Weapons and equipment: $12.7 billion (27%)

Grants and loans for weapons and equipment: $1.3 billion (3%)

Still, Ukraine has requested certain advanced equipment, such as modern battle tanks and longer-range missile systems, that the United States and other donor governments have been unwilling to provide, worried that doing so could escalate the war. NATO allies are particularly wary of being pulled directly into the hostilities, which would dramatically raise the risk of a nuclear war.

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As of December, the Biden administration had provided or agreed to provide Ukraine with a long list of defense capabilities, including armored vehicles, anti-aircraft missiles, coastal defense ships, and advanced surveillance and radar systems.