Arms to Ukraine: who sends more (we are there too and well placed. After all, if you aim for the NATO presidency …)
Where does the military aid that the Ukrainian army provide in its defensive war against Russia come from? Statista gives us a clear and immediately understandable picture with this very clear infographic:
Nearly $ 4.8 billion in military aid has been pledged by the United States as of April 21, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy's Ukraine Support Tracker. This number may soon rise even more as the White House is preparing another sizeable military aid package. Together with a similar package announced in mid-April, the new funding round would increase US military aid to Ukraine by another $ 1.6 billion to a total of $ 6.4 billion.
Estonia in second place has pledged far less – $ 240 million – in the stipulated time frame, but the country's pledged military aid amounts to 0.8% of the small nation's GDP . This is far more in relative terms than any other major donor pledges to Ukraine, even when military, financial and humanitarian commitments are combined. The combined US commitment of approximately $ 8.3 billion in humanitarian and military aid amounts to only about 0.04 percent of its GDP.
The next largest donors of military aid to Ukraine are the UK, Italy, Sweden and Germany . We note how Italy has placed itself well ahead of Germany, despite the fact that the GDP of this country is much higher. However, Scholz's wavering attitude, combined with Draghi's alleged career ambitions in NATO, which we have been talking about for some time, have made us climb the rankings, in which France stands out for its absence. This reappears, however, when financial aid is considered
One of Ukraine's biggest neighbors, Poland, appears further down the list, having promised very little military aid to the country, instead focusing on financial aid pledges of around $ 900 million, making it Ukraine's second-largest overall donor after. the United States.
IfW Kiel's Ukraine Support Tracker systematically records the value of the support that the governments of 31 Western countries have promised Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion
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