How much support has the US given to Ukraine?

As Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives at the White House for talks aimed at ending the war, the scale of United States (US) support is once again under the spotlight.

President Donald Trump has criticised the amount of aid provided by the US compared to Europe in the past. But the figures hes previously cited are not backed by the evidence.

BBC Verify has been taking a close look at how much the US has spent since Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and how it compares with Europes contribution.

The US has spent a total of $130.6bn (£98.9bn) between 24 January 2022 and 30 June 2025, according to the Kiel Institute, a Germany-based think tank that tracks international support for Ukraine.

The US Department of Defense has provided its own figure looking at all spending on Operation Atlantic Resolve - a response to Russias invasion of Ukraine.

It says $184.8bn has been "appropriated" - a figure that covers US military training in Europe and replenishment of US defence stocks.

This total runs only to 31 March 2025, making it less up to date than the Kiel Institutes calculation - though notably higher.

BBC Verify has asked the US departments of Defense and State if they can supply more recent figures.

Back in February, when he was hosting Frances President Macron, Trump claimed:

"Weve spent more than $300bn and Europe has spent about $100bn - thats a big difference"

BBC Verify looked at the claim at the time and concluded Trumps numbers did not add up as the published numbers - from both Kiel and the US government - showed the US had spent a lot less than $300bn.

This remains the case six months on.

It is true that the US is, by some margin, the largest single donor to Ukraine. But Europe combined has spent more money than the US, according to the Kiel Institute.

Between January 2022 and the end of June 2025, Europe as a whole spent $165.7bn on Ukraine, compared to the USs $130.6bn over the same period, according to Kiel Institute calculations.

The figure includes aid directly from the European Union (EU), but also from bilateral deals from European countries, both inside and outside the EU. It includes military, financial and humanitarian aid.

Trump has previously claimed Europe would get its money back as it was "loaning" it to Ukraine.

This prompted Macron - who was sat next the US president in the Oval Office at the time - to intervene, saying both Europe and the US had given a mixture of grants and loans.

President Macron is correct, according to Kiel figures specifically on financial aid. But the institutes figures also suggest President Trump has a point - the US has sent more grants, while the EU sent more loans.

However, again, there are different figures out there.

As of 18 July, the EU says its members have provided about $180bn so far, with loans making up 35% of the total.

Like the United States Department of Defense, the EU has used a broader definition of what counts as aid to Ukraine.

EU loans will have been on generous terms - so Ukraine will be repaying less interest than it would normally. In some cases, Ukraine isnt expected to pay anything, with repayments coming from revenues from frozen Russian assets.

What we can say is that aid to Ukraine has been a mixture of loans and grants.

The UK is one of the biggest individual state donors to Ukraine - the latest was a $2.8bn (£2.3bn) loan agreement signed during Zelenskys visit to London on 1 March.

At the end of July, the UK government had committed $29.5bn (£21.8bn) for Ukraine overall. This includes $17.6bn (£13bn) in military support.

The only countries to have spent more are the United States and Germany, according to Kiel data.

However, the UKs contributions are much smaller than the US

That raises a question for the UK and other European countries: if peace is not secured in the near future and US decides to withdraw a large part of its funding, can other states make up the difference?

That would require a significant increase in their current contributions.

Additional reporting: Thomas Spencer, Christine Jeavans and Daniel Wainwright

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