https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/ukraine-war-cost-us-spending-9dfd903e
"How Much Has the U.S. Spent on Ukraine in the War?
Trump says the U.S. has spent $350 billion on war in Ukraine. Other
tallies total far less.
By Isabel Coles
Feb. 26, 2025 5:51 am ET
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The U.S. has provided tens of billions in military aid, including Himars
rocket launchers like this one in Ukraine.
The U.S. has provided tens of billions in military aid, including Himars
rocket launchers like this one in Ukraine. Photo: Adrienne
Surprenant/MYOP for WSJ
President Trump says the U.S. has spent $350 billion on the war in
Ukraine—a figure that is at odds with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s tally, as well as U.S. government agencies and Western think tanks.
The cost of the war has been at the center of negotiations over a mineral-rights deal that would compensate the U.S. for its wartime
assistance.
Ukraine agreed to the deal after the U.S. dropped its demand for up to
$500 billion in revenue from mineral development there, according to
people close to negotiations. That far exceeds the value of aid provided
by the U.S., according to Zelensky, who puts the figure at $100 billion.
How much has the U.S. given to Ukraine?
Congress has voted through five bills appropriating a total of $175
billion for Ukraine in the three years since Russia’s invasion,
according to a January report from the Congressional Research Service.
The Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a research group in Germany,
has calculated that about $120 billion of the appropriated funds have
been allocated to programs that directly support Ukraine. Of that
amount, the U.S. has provided $67.3 billion in the form of weapons and
other military assistance. Budget support—which helps Ukraine’s
government pay the salaries of civilian government employees, healthcare workers and first responders—accounts for $49 billion. The remaining
$3.6 billion was spent on humanitarian aid.
But a substantial portion of the $175 billion doesn’t directly support Ukraine. It pays for activities associated with the war, ranging from supporting a heightened U.S. force presence in Europe to responding to
global food insecurity and assisting Ukrainian refugees in the U.S.,
according to the Kiel Institute.
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