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

This is a list of known military aid, that has been and will be provided to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, particularly during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This list includes delivered equipment, training, intelligence, treatment of soldiers, logistical support as well as financial support to the Ukrainian government unless earmarked for humanitarian purposes. Weapons donated as a result of cooperation between multiple countries are listed separately in each country category.

In total aid (military, financial and humanitarian combined), the European Union and its countries have provided the most to Ukraine, according to Kiel Institute, whereas the United States has by far provided the most in military aid. Since January 2022, mostly Western nations have pledged more than $380 billion in aid to Ukraine, including nearly $118 billion in direct military aid to Ukraine from individual countries.

Some NATO countries and allies, such as Germany and Sweden, have reversed past policies against providing offensive military aid in order to support Ukraine, while the European Union for the first time in its history supplied lethal arms through its institutions.

The Russian government has condemned the supply of military aid to Ukraine. Russia's president Vladimir Putin said that if military aid stopped, Ukraine would not survive for long. The Center for Strategic and International Studies assessed in December 2023 that if the United States stopped sending military aid, European countries could not quickly fill the gap. If this happened, it forecast that Ukraine's defensive capabilities would gradually weaken and Ukraine's frontline would collapse.

Donors

The donation of military aid was coordinated at monthly meetings in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, throughout the war. A first meeting took place between 41 countries on 26 April 2022, and the coalition comprised 54 countries (all 30 member states of NATO and 24 other countries) at the latest meeting on 14 February 2023. All EU member states donated military aid both individually as sovereign countries and collectively via EU institutions, except of three countries (Hungary, Cyprus and Malta) that opted not to donate military aid individually as sovereign countries.

As of February 2023, military aid was donated by EU institutions, 45 sovereign countries, companies, and other parties. The United States alone has pledged about $45 billion in arms and military aid to Ukraine since Russia's Full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Sovereign countries

European Union

Individual EU member states have 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 the European Commission.

Around €17 billion in grants and loans from 2014 until 12 February 2022.
€1.2 billion loan approved 16 February 2022
€450 million worth of lethal weapons, announced on 27 February 2022, under the European Peace Facility.
€50 million worth of non-lethal aid, announced on 27 February 2022.
Provision of satellite intelligence, notably through the European Union Satellite Centre, as part of 1 March 2022 resolution on the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
Increase of military aid under the European Peace Facility to €1 billion, announced on 23 March 2022.
Military aid increased to €1.5 billion under the European Peace Facility on 13 April 2022, assistance includes personal protective equipment, first aid kits and fuel, as well as military equipment.
Protective gear worth over €977,000 donated to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine on 8 July 2022.
An additional €500 million military aid package for Ukraine approved by the EU on 18 July 2022.
Around €500,000 worth of thermal imaging equipment provided by the EU for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
Two trucks and 11 off-road vehicles purchased for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine through a grant by Frontex.
€225 million in funding for the training of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the European Peace Facility as part of EUMAM Ukraine.
€200,000 of medical equipment donated to three Ukrainian Border Guard Service Hospitals 8 February 2024.

Unknown countries

Titan-s APCs (produced in the United Arab Emirates)
Panthera T-6 APCs (produced in the United Arab Emirates)
100 BATT UMG APCs (delivered by unknown Eastern European country)
GAIA Amir MRAPs (produced in Israel)
M69A 82mm mortars (produced by Bosnian company)
BM-21 Grad 122mm rockets (impounded North Korean shipment delivered by an unknown country)

Iranian-smuggled weapons

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 intended for Yemen. The year shown in the brackets indicates the first sighting of the weapons in Ukraine, not their date of delivery. This list will be updated as additional types of weapons are uncovered.

Heavy mortars

120mm HM-16 (July 2022)

Light mortars

82mm HM-19 (May 2022)

Small arms

Type 56-1 assault rifle (April 2022)
AK-47 (April 2024)
RPG-7 (April 2024)

Ammunition

80mm S-8OF HE-FRAG rockets for B-8 rocket pod (March 2023)
122mm OF-462 artillery rounds for D-30 howitzer (September 2022)
122mm HE-FRAG rockets for BM-21 'Grad' MRL (January 2023)
152mm artillery rounds for D-20 howitzer (September 2022)
125mm OF19 tank rounds (February 2023)
120mm M48 mortar rounds for HM-16 mortar (March 2023)
7.6mm ammunition (April 2024)

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 through civil forfeiture. 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.

Companies

More than 100 companies have taken actions in support of Ukraine, including boycotts, in February and March 2022.

Other parties

Citizens of Taiwan donated $945 million NTD (US$33 million) as of 2 April 2022.
- $6,000 worth of AR-15 rifle parts donated by Taiwanese citizens.
Citizens of South Korea have so far donated $3 million directly to the Ukrainian Embassy in Seoul.
- South Korean "military geeks" or "밀덕" (mildeok) have been donating their military materiel directly to the Ukrainian Embassy in Seoul including: bulletproof helmets, bulletproof vests, military blankets, hemostatic tourniquets, ammunition pouches, first aid kits, knee and elbow guards, etc.
According to President Zelenskyy, 16,000 foreigners have volunteered to join an International Brigade in response to Ukraine's call for foreign fighters as of 3 March 2022.
In addition to private donations, numerous American states and local law enforcement agencies are donating surplus protective equipment through the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council and other organizations.
"Blue/Yellow" charity in Lithuania, dedicated for supporting Ukraine, collected over €22.9 million (as of 30 March) from the citizens of Lithuania.
- On 30 May 2022 Lithuanian citizens raised €5 million for the crowdfunded purchase of a Bayraktar TB2 armed UAV for the Ukrainian military, the drone was subsequently, given to Lithuania by Baykar Tech free of charge, with the €6 million collected used for aid. It reached Ukraine on 8 July 2022.
- Lithuanian civilians also crowdfunded 7 Estonian made EOS C VTOl reconnaissance drones (two of which were crowdfunded in early May, with the other five being later purchased with the money collected from the TB2 crowdfunder), 110 Lithuanian-made EDM4S Sky Wiper anti drone weapons, 37 WB Electronics Warmates (including launch/control equipment and ammunition), and 18 UJ-23 Topazs for the Ukrainian military.
- Lithuanian citizens fundraised €14 million to purchase 16 Israeli-made RADA ieMHR radars.
- "Blue/Yellow" and Lithuanian National Radio and Television raised €8,288,000 to purchase 1,115 sets of laser sights, night vision monoculars and individual anti drones systems for the Ukrainian military.

Citizens of the Czech Republic donated over CZK 4,25 billion ($171 million) as of 24 June 2022.
- 1 Bivoj system (3 reconnaissance/attack UAVs + mobile command center) was crowdfunded by Czech Republic citizens and delivered in July 2022.
- 15 MR2s Viktor (a Toyota Land Cruiser 70 with a 14.5mm ZU-2 cannon) crowfunded by Czech citizens (set to be delivered in February 2023).
- 1 T-72 Avenger (T-72 upgraded to 3rd gen tank) crowdfunded by citizens in Czech Republic and delivered in October 2022.
- 1 refurbished 122mm RM-70 multiple rocket launcher & 365 rockets (set to be delivered in June 2023)
- 10 tons of plastic explosives, 10,000 detonators and 10 km of detonator cord crowd funded by Czech citizens
By 24 July 2022, a Polish crowdfunding campaign on the crowdfunding website Zrzutka raised over Zł 23,035,000 to purchase a Baykar Bayraktar TB2 for the Ukrainian military, the drone was subsequently given to Poland by Baykar Tech free of charge, with the €5 million collected used for aid.
Revolver 860 Armed VTOL unmanned aerial vehicle [March, April or May 2022] (A few sold to Polish company. Subsequently transferred to Ukraine).
80 military quadbikes fundraised by Latvian citizens.
The Estonian Voluntary Rescue Association donated a MV-4 robotic mine clearing vehicle to Ukraine on 29 August 2023.
The Latvian group SOS palīdzība Ukrainai purchased and donated four Bandvagn 202 all terrain armoured vehicles to the Ukrainian military.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has donated medical supplies worth up to £5,000 to the Ukrainian military.
One Mi-2 АМ-1 medevac helicopter provided to the Main Directorate of Intelligence by the Polish group Zbroimy Ukrainę.

Russian response

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 Skabeyeva said on state-owned Rossiya 1 TV: "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 the UK cabinet including then prime minister Boris Johnson and former PM Theresa May from 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 President Vladimir Putin threatened 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 the M270 and the M142 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 spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed 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 UN Vasily Nebenzya explained the purpose of Russian 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 Minister Sergey Lavrov defended 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 Minister Sergei Shoigu warned Ukraine of "immediate strikes on decision-making centers in Ukraine" if Ukraine attacks Crimea with HIMARS and Storm Shadow missiles. In July 2023, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova claimed that Joe Biden's decision to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions "is aimed at prolonging the conflict in Ukraine as much as possible."

Other responses

South Korea has initially declined to send any lethal aid such as the KM-SAM missile 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."

Taiwan has kept mainly to humanitarian and financial aid.

Israel refused to send lethal weapons to Ukraine. In June 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said 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 Africa has maintained a neutral stance.

Brazil refused the request by the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to send Brazilian weapons to Ukraine.

Germany opposed the Biden administration's decision to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine.

China's foreign minister Qin Gang claimed 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 its arms industry. Western politicians, on the contrary, consider the supply of weapons to Ukraine as help in the defense of the attacked country.

Pakistan denied reports that the country supplies weapons to Ukraine. In April 2023, Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch stated 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."

Turkey refused the U.S.'s suggestion to give Ukraine its advanced S-400 air defense system. Turkey has denied reports that it delivered cluster munitions to Ukraine in 2022.

Military aid planning

In late March 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy requested "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 Zelenskky for countries to send heavier weapons and air defenses to aid in battling Russia, a first meeting was held by the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (also known as "Ukraine Defense Consultative Group") on 26 April 2022 at Ramstein Air Base in 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 by United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III. They were joined by Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii 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 Secretary John 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… if Mr. Putin pulled 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, after occupying the Southern Ukraine coast and the Donbas, also threatens to expand the scope of the conflict. Although Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have characterized the conflict as a proxy war instigated by NATO, the U.S.-led Ukraine Defense Consultative Group reflects a broader coalition of countries.

On 28 April 2022, US President Joe Biden asked Congress for an additional $33 billion to assist Ukraine, including $20 billion to provide weapons to Ukraine. On 21 May 2022, the United States passed 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, the Biden administration requested $61.4 billion more for Ukraine for the year ahead.

References

External links

"Ukraine Support Tracker - A Database of Military, Financial and Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine" by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy
James Rushton, "What Heavy Weapons the West Has (and Hasn't) Sent Ukraine," Newlines Institute.
Arms Transfers to Ukraine

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