List of military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War

This is a list of knownmilitary aidprovided or promised toUkraineduring theRusso-Ukrainian War, particularly since the 2022Russian invasion of Ukraine. This includesweaponry,equipment,training,logistical supportas well asfinancial support, unless earmarked forhumanitarian purposes. Weapons sent as a result of cooperation between multiple countries are listed separately under each country.
The aid has mostly been co-ordinated through theUkraine Defense Contact Group, whose 57 member countries include all 32member statesofNATO. TheEuropean Unionco-ordinated weapons suppliesthroughits institutionsfor the first time.Because of the invasion, some donor countries, such asGermanyandSweden, overturned policies against providing offensivemilitary aid.
By March 2024, mostlyWesterngovernments had pledged more than $380 billion worth of aid to Ukraine since the invasion, including nearly $118 billion in direct military aid from individual countries.European countries have provided €132 billion in aid (military, financial and humanitarian) as of December 2024, and theUnited Stateshasprovided€114 billion.Most of the US funding supports American industries who produce weapons and military equipment.
Fearing escalation, NATO states have hesitated to provide heavier and more advanced weapons to Ukraine, or have imposed limits such as forbidding Ukraine to use them to strike inside Russia.Since June 2024, they have lifted some of these restrictions, allowing Ukraine to strike Russian military targets near the border in self-defense.
TheRussian governmentthreatened retaliation against countries supplying military aid to Ukraine, and said it meant NATO was waging a "proxy war" againstRussia.However, Russia's government has not followed through on its threats, despite most of its "red lines" being crossed.Russia'spresidentVladimir Putinsaid that if military aid stopped, Ukraine would not survive for long.In December 2023, theCenter for Strategic and International Studieswrote that if the United States stopped sending military aid,European countrieswould be unable to provide enough to prevent Ukraine's frontline from collapsing.
The donation of military aid was coordinated at monthly meetings in theUkraine Defense Contact Groupthroughout the war. Afirst meetingtook place between 41 countries on 26 April 2022, and the coalition comprised 54 countries (all 30member states of NATOand 24 other countries) at the latest meeting on 14 February 2023.AllEU member statesdonated military aid collectively via EU institutions; all but three (Hungary,CyprusandMalta) also donated individually as sovereign countries.
As of February 2023, military aid was donated byEU institutions,45 sovereign countries,companies, andother parties.
IndividualEU member stateshave provided military, financial, and non-lethal material aid since 2014. The following list is the aid collectively provided by the EU. Most of this aid has been coordinated by theEuropean Commission.
The following list attempts to provide an overview of Iranian-made or Iranian-smuggled weapons in use by the Ukrainian armed forces. They are believed to be intercepted armaments originally supplied by Iran intended for YemenHouthi rebels. France and the United States had seized these weapons underUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 2216.The US government announced that it has donated to Ukraine over 1 million rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition,thousands of rocket-propelled grenade proximity fuses and thousands of pounds of propellant for rocket-propelled grenades seized from ships used by Iran throughcivil forfeiture.The US government is seeking to turn over additional seizures of thousands of rifles, hundreds of machine guns and rocket launchers and dozens of anti-tank guided missiles to Ukraine.On 4 April 2024 the United States government transferred over 5,000 AK-47s, machine guns, sniper rifles, RPG-7s and over 500,000 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition to the Ukrainian armed forces.
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More than 100 companies have taken actions in support of Ukraine, includingboycotts, in February and March 2022.
Russia has sent a diplomatic letter to the United States warning it not to supply Ukraine with any more weapons and that the United States and NATO aid of the "most sensitive" weapons to Ukraine were "adding fuel" and could bring "unpredictable consequences."
Olga Skabeyevasaid on state-ownedRossiya 1TV: "It can safely be called World War Three. That's entirely for sure. [...] We're definitely fighting against NATO infrastructure, if not NATO itself. We need to recognise that."She has further claimed that NATO is supplying Ukraine with "zillions of weapons".
Russia banned members of theUK cabinetincluding then prime ministerBoris Johnsonand former PMTheresa Mayfrom visiting the country: "In essence, the British leadership is deliberately aggravating the situation around Ukraine, pumping the Kyiv regime with lethal weapons and coordinating similar efforts on the part of NATO."
In June 2022, Russian PresidentVladimir Putinthreatened to "strike at those targets that we have not yet been hitting" in Ukraine if the West provides Ukraine with advanced multiple-rocket launch systems such as theM270and theM142 HIMARS.
Russian aircraft have flown over the Baltic and Black Seas without flight plans or transponders or communicating with civilians or military air traffic controllers, and in some cases they have closely approached or slightly violated the airspace of other nations. NATO aircraft from Poland, Denmark, France, Italy, Spain, Romania, Finland and the United Kingdom, along with aircraft from non-NATO Sweden, have intercepted these Russian planes.
In December 2022, Putin's spokesmanDmitry Peskovclaimed that due to Western military support to Ukraine, "the suffering of the Ukrainian people will continue longer than it could have".
During a meeting of the UN Security Council on 24 November 2022, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UNVasily Nebenzyaexplained the purpose ofRussian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure, saying: "We're carrying out attacks on infrastructure facilities in Ukraine in response to the country being loaded with Western weapons and unwise calls for Kyiv to wield a military victory over Russia."On 1 December 2022, Russian Foreign MinisterSergey Lavrovdefended Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure, stating as one of the reasons that the Russian missile strikes were intended to "knock out energy facilities that allow you to keep pumping deadly weapons into Ukraine in order to kill the Russians".
In March 2023, in a televised address, Russian President Putin accused Western countries of trying to prolong the war by supplying Ukraine with weapons.On 20 June 2023, Russian Defense MinisterSergei Shoiguwarned Ukraine of "immediate strikes on decision-making centers in Ukraine" if Ukraine attacks Crimea with HIMARS andStorm Shadowmissiles.In July 2023, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswomanMaria Zakharovaclaimed thatJoe Biden's decision to supply Ukraine withcluster munitions"is aimed at prolonging the conflict in Ukraine as much as possible."
South Koreahas initially declined to send any lethal aid such as theKM-SAMmissile system citing its security situation.In April 2023, a spokesman for South Korea's Ministry of Defense stated that "the government's policy of not providing lethal weapons to Ukraine remains unchanged."On 7 November 2024, South Korean PresidentYoon Suk Yeolsuggested that South Korea could provide weapons to Ukraine.However, the South Korean public was widely opposed to direct arms supplies to Ukraine.
Taiwanhas kept mainly to humanitarian and financial aid.
Israelrefused to send lethal weapons to Ukraine. In June 2023, Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahusaid that  "We're concerned also with the possibility that systems that we would give to Ukraine would fall into Iranian hands and could be reverse engineered, and we would find ourselves facing Israeli systems used against Israel."
South Africahas maintained a neutral stance.
Brazilrefused the request by the German ChancellorOlaf Scholzto send Brazilian weapons to Ukraine.
Germanyopposed the Biden administration's decision to supplycluster munitionsto Ukraine.
China's foreign ministerQin Gangclaimed that China is not selling weapons to either side in the war in Ukraine.China accused Western countries of prolonging the war by supplying arms to Ukraine to boost the profits of itsarms industry.Western politicians, on the contrary, consider the supply of weapons to Ukraine as help in the defense of the attacked country.
Pakistandenied reports that the country supplies weapons to Ukraine.In April 2023, Foreign Office spokespersonMumtaz Zahra Balochstated that "Pakistan maintains a policy of strict neutrality in the dispute between Ukraine and Russia and in that context, do not provide any ammunition to them."
Turkeyrefused the U.S.'s suggestion to give Ukraine its advancedS-400air defense system.Turkey has denied reports that it deliveredcluster munitionsto Ukraine in 2022.
In late March 2022, Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyyrequested "1 percent" of NATO's planes and tanks.Ukraine's requirements moved from defensive weapons which are hand-held such as NLAW, Stinger, Starstreak, Javelin and drones to heavier weapons such as artillery, tanks, and aircraft. Ukraine had been relying on Eastern European NATO members' old stockpiles of Soviet equipment, but the number of manufacturers of Soviet equipment in Eastern Europe is limited.
Following pleas from Zelenskyy for countries to send heavier weapons and air defenses to aid in battling Russia, afirst meetingwas held by theUkraine Defense Contact Group(also known as "Ukraine Defense Consultative Group") on 26 April 2022 atRamstein Air Basein Germany. Participants at the meeting were defense ministers and chiefs of staff from 41 countries willing to provide military aid to Ukraine. The meeting was led byUnited States Secretary of DefenseLloyd J. Austin III.They were joined byUkrainian Minister of DefenseOleksii Reznikov.The meeting discussed "a steady flow of weapons and other military aid" to Ukraine.
The coalition planned to continue meeting as a monthly "contact group" to address long-term support for Ukraine. In addition to European Union NATO countries, Ukraine, and the U.S., the coalition includes: Sweden, Finland, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, Morocco, Kenya, Liberia, Tunisia, Jordan, and Israel.Their purpose is to work out ongoing aid to Ukraine, with an emphasis on providing "lethal aid" to help with the ongoing war. Austin said, "I'd like this whole group to leave today with a common, transparent understanding of Ukraine's near-term security requirements—because we're going to keep on moving heaven and earth to meet them."According to Pentagon Press SecretaryJohn F. Kirby: "A new phase, …I think [Austin] also wants to take a longer, larger view of the defense relationships that Ukraine will need to have going forward, when the war is over."Kirby also said, "I don't think anybody can predict how long this is going to go on…  The truth is… ifMr. Putinpulled his forces out and stopped this illegal invasion, and sat down in good faith with Mr. Zelensky, [the conflict] could be over now."
Russian comments about a desire to move onto Moldova, afteroccupying the Southern Ukraine coastand theDonbas, also threatens to expand the scope of the conflict.Although Putin andRussian Foreign MinisterSergey Lavrovhave characterized the conflict as aproxy warinstigated by NATO, the U.S.-led Ukraine Defense Consultative Group reflects a broader coalition of countries.
On 28 April 2022, US PresidentJoe BidenaskedCongressfor an additional $33 billion to assist Ukraine, including $20 billion to provide weapons to Ukraine.On 21 May 2022, theUnited Statespassed legislation providing $40 billion in new military and humanitarian foreign aid to Ukraine, marking a historically large commitment of funds.
When the Ukraine Defense Contact Group held its latest ninth meeting on 14 February 2023, its list of members had grown from the initial 41 countries, to a new total of 54 countries.
In 2022, Congress approved more than $112 billion in aid to Ukraine. In October 2023, theBiden administrationrequested $61.4 billion more for Ukraine for the year ahead.On 20 April 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a $95 billion aid package to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
On 30 May 2024, US President Joe Biden gave Ukraine permission tostrike targets inside Russiausing American-supplied weapons.The same permission was given to Ukraine by Germany,France and the United Kingdom.Dutch Foreign MinisterHanke Bruins Slotsaid that the Netherlands would not object if Ukraine used Dutch-suppliedF-16 fightersto strike targets inside Russia.