How Much Aid Is the U.S. Still Giving Ukraine Under Trump?

At the cabinet meeting last week, US President Donald Trump celebrated a major teacher: the United States, according to him, is no longer funded by Ukraine in its defense against Russia.

“We no longer participate in the financing of Ukraine, but we are participating in trying to stop the war and killing in Ukraine. So we are selling missiles, military equipment, millions, millions and billions of dollars in the end to the NATO people,” Trump said. “Therefore, they finance the entire war. We are not born anything. I think it is an important point.”

At the cabinet meeting last week, US President Donald Trump celebrated a major teacher: the United States, according to him, is no longer funded by Ukraine in its defense against Russia.

“We no longer participate in the financing of Ukraine, but we are participating in trying to stop the war and killing in Ukraine. So we are selling missiles, military equipment, millions, millions and billions of dollars in the end to the NATO people,” Trump said. “Therefore, they finance the entire war. We are not born anything. I think it is an important point.”

Trump is not completely wrong – but he is not fully right, according to government reports and tank research. On the military side, the United States is still ready to spend billions of dollars on weapons for Ukraine, while on the civil side, aid continues to flow, albeit with significant discounts.

The largest part of the United States to Kyiv came through five bills of credit laws in the huge congress, which reached a total of $ 175 billion, of which 128 billion dollars go to programs that directly support military society and civil society in Ukraine, according to the Council of Foreign Intellectual Relations. The rest goes to secondary targets related to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, such as supporting countries near and strengthening the American military presence in Europe.

From this number of $ 128 billion, $ 70.6 billion was made for efforts to help the Ukrainian army, especially in the form of sending weapons and ammunition, according to the council’s report to foreign relations. The United States sends military supplies through three main programs. The presidential clouds body (PDA) buys new US weapons to replace wet weapons sent to Ukraine. Through two separate programs, known as the Ukrainian Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) and foreign military financing (FMF), Washington buys new weapons Kiev. Ukraine also gets weapons on its own and through donations from Western partners.

The remaining $ 128 billion funds funded humanitarian programs and direct government support, which help Ukraine to pay the salaries of the first respondents, teachers and other major workers, and the budget burden exceeds Ukraine as budget revenues are used to support greatly expanded military spending.

On the military side, Trump is right, during his second term, Congress did not announce any new money for Ukraine. The Biden Administration has previously announced spending plans for all $ 70.6 billion for military aid, according to the CSIS.

Instead of asking Congress to agree to new funds, the Trump administration said that European countries will finance the purchase of weapons for Ukraine, as the Netherlands in August became the first country to announce its participation in the new plan to support Kiev.

But this does not mean that the United States has stopped spending money to support Ukraine militarily. The delivery of weapons takes months, and it may take to zero years, which means that part of the previously dedicated military aid has already been delivered.

More than $ 50 billion has been allocated in PDA, USAI and FMF associated with Ukraine, but it has not yet spent it, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In conjunction with the expected funds from Europe under the Trump plan, this means that Ukraine will continue to see the levels of military aid equally with the past years, according to CSIS analysis.

This is not sufficient for offensive operations, according to CSIS Mark Kansian, which usually requires the power of the attack to have an overwhelming superiority in weapons and ammunition. However, “it is a very healthy volume” of military aid. This means that Russia will be less likely to achieve breakthroughs in the battlefield, but Ukraine will also struggle to restore any ground – by mainly freezing conflict lines.

On the non -military side, the reality on the ground is also more complicated than Trump’s confirmation. Regarding direct budget aid, the United States has completed the transfer of all 33 billion dollars allocations allocated to the Economic Support Fund, which is the main means that Washington paid to Kiev’s budget, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The United States has not announced any other budget assistance to Ukraine.

Support in the United States, among other factors, means that Ukraine will face up to $ 19 billion in the budget deficit next year, according to Financial timesIn theory, the ghost of civil employees who walk outside the job. European Union member states are discussing on how to compensate for budget deficiency.

Contrary to Trump’s claim, the United States continues to spend money on humanitarian aid. Ukraine’s funding was widely funded by huge discounts in global aid programs that were made early from the second Trump administration, with 91 percent of Ukraine financing, according to the analysis issued in June New York Times.

The remaining programs include efforts to provide water – a major consideration due to the war of wartime in water supplies – and medical services for children, according to a document sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Congress in March and its participation with it Foreign policy.

Duffa Rand, a former Ministry of Foreign Affairs official, who led foreign assistance efforts in Ukraine, said the additional cuts will not necessarily be catastrophic. She said that this is partly due to the success of the Ukrainian government and civil society in managing civil needs with the continuation of the war.

However, the history of the war has proven that Russia is innovative in pressure on civilians in Ukraine, especially by attacking the energy network in Ukraine during the winter.

“If it is really cold [this winter]There will be human concerns.