As aid stalls in the US Congress and questions arise about how former President Donald Trump would handle Ukraine if re-elected, there is growing pressure on Europe to help with financial assistance for Ukraine's fight against Russia.
As the second anniversary of Russia's war in Ukraine approaches, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy shows that the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark and Norway are the five countries that contribute the most financially to Ukraine, respectively.
Japan, the Netherlands, Canada, Poland and Sweden complete the top 10 in that order, based on data from January 2022 to January 2024.
Earlier this month, the US Senate passed a $95.3 billion foreign aid bill with bipartisan support, including $60 billion for Ukraine, but it has not yet passed the House.
And on February 10, Trump said he would encourage Russia to do “whatever it wants” to any NATO member country that does not meet defense spending guidelines, in a stunning admission that he would not comply with the defense clause. collective at the time. heart of the alliance if he is re-elected.
“Europe will have to at least double its current military support efforts in the event that there is no further support from the United States. This is a challenge, but ultimately a question of political will,” said Christoph Trebesch, director of the Center for International Finance Research. and Macroeconomics of the Kiel Institute in a February 16 press release.
Trebesch said that “EU countries are among the richest in the world and have so far not spent even 1 percent of their 2021 GDP to support Ukraine.”
