The U.S. Congress appropriated approximately $113.4 billion in supplemental appropriations for the U.S. response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine between February 2022 and December 2023, making the United States the largest single donor of assistance to the Ukraine response. This funding supports security assistance for NATO and other partner nations; support for an enhanced U.S. military presence and activity in Europe; and the replenishment of U.S. military stocks transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF). The funding also supports security, economic, and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and other countries affected by the war; support for the operations of U.S. Government agencies involved in the Ukraine response.
The U.S. Government assists Ukraine and regional partners through a wide range of programs and authorities, most of which are administered by the DoD, State, or USAID. Security assistance is delivered through Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), the European Deterrence Initiative (EDI), and the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI)—all administered by the DoD—and Foreign Military Financing (FMF), which is appropriated to State and administered by the DoD. Security assistance also includes the increased U.S. military presence and activity in Europe related to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Of the $113.4 billion in supplemental appropriations, the DoD is responsible for approximately $62.3 billion. This includes $18 billion for USAI, $25.9 billion for the replacement of resources provided to Ukraine and other partners through PDA, and $18.4 billion for U.S. military operations in Europe. According to the DoD Comptroller, approximately $52.3 billion of this funding had been obligated as of January 2024. Additionally, Congress has appropriated $35.1 billion for the EDI since that program’s inception in FY 2015. The Comptroller reported that the DoD had obligated $25.6 billion of EDI funding as of January 2024. EDI funding is part of the DoD’s base budget and was not included in any of the Ukraine supplemental appropriations acts.
State and USAID received a combined $46.3 billion in supplemental appropriations to support a variety of Ukraine response activities. State funding supports the provision of equipment and training to civilian and military partners, economic support to the Ukrainian government, border security, conventional weapons destruction, diplomatic operations, and other forms of non-security assistance. USAID funding supports humanitarian assistance and direct budget support to the Ukrainian government through the World Bank.