Over $70 billion in military assistance – ranging from ammunition to air-defense systems, Leopard tanks, and fighter jets. This includes an unprecedented $6.6 billion from the “European Peace Facility,” in addition to bilateral contributions by our Member States. On top of that, in March 2024, the Council established a dedicated Ukraine Assistance Fund worth $5.4 billion
EU support also includes $2.2 billion for the joint procurement and delivery of up to an additional one million rounds of artillery ammunition, and an additional $535 million to boost EU defense industry capacities in ammunition production. The EU is today the largest military training provider to the Ukrainian armed forces – almost 80,000 Ukrainian military personnel were trained under the EU’s $390 million Military Assistance Mission. An additional $80 million have been provided for humanitarian de-mining of liberated territorie
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Source: EU Delegation to the United States
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