Analysts have found a link between the situation at the front and the amount of aid to Ukraine
26 March 2024 13:44
Analysts from the uawarinfographics project have calculated how much military, financial and humanitarian aid Ukraine has received from its partners over the two years of the full-scale war. It turned out that the amount of aid grew when Ukraine had to solve complex problems at the front, Komersant ukrainskyi 
reports.
In total, Ukraine received 251 billion euros over the past two years, half of which was in the form of financial aid. Another 38% of this amount was military aid. 6% was humanitarian aid.
Researchers have noticed that the amount of aid varies depending on the situation at the front. In particular, partners give more money when there is an escalation on the battlefield or Ukrainians are preparing for important combat operations.
For example, donations increased during the de-occupation of Kharkiv and Kherson regions or the fighting in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka areas. Ukraine was also actively assisted in the first half of 2023, when preparations for a counter-offensive were underway.
Delay in funding for Ukraine’s aid
Since autumn 2023, the US Congress has been unable to agree on a bill on military assistance to Ukraine. President Joe Biden has proposed a national security bill worth more than $100 billion, including $61 billion to help Kyiv. However, the document was not approved by Republicans, who want to include in the bill tougher border and migration measures on the US-Mexico border. Biden, in turn, said that he would not support the bill on aid to Israel initiated by Republicans in the House of Representatives without taking into account Ukraine’s needs.
on13 February, the US Senate passed a bill unblocking aid to Ukraine. It provides for aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan totalling $95.34 billion, of which $61 billion is earmarked for Ukraine. Now the bill must be supported by the US House of Representatives, but here, too, Republicans refuse to vote for aid to Ukraine, and House Speaker Johnson refuses to put the document to a vote.
Ukraine Facility
In February, the EU approved the Ukraine Facility, a €50 billion financing mechanism for Ukraine for the period 2024-2027. The programme consists of €17 billion in grants and €33 billion in loans. The mechanism provides not only for financing budgetary areas in Ukraine during the war, but also for programmes aimed at implementing the reforms on which Ukraine’s accession to the EU depends.
The resolution emphasises that EU support should be directed in three areas:
- Financial support for Ukraine to implement reforms and investments, and to maintain the country’s macro-financial stability, as envisaged in the Ukraine Plan to be developed by the Ukrainian government.
- Ukraine’s investment framework to mobilise investment and increase access to finance.
- European integration assistance to mobilise technical expertise and build capacity.
Ukraine has already received the first tranche of €4.5 billion.
