Support for Ukraine, Europe surpasses the US - Leads in arms spending, defense industry contracts
In May and June 2025, European countries continued to maintain a high level of support for Ukraine, especially in military aid. A significant part of the weapons sent no longer come from existing stocks, but are provided directly by the defense industry. This means that Europe has surpassed the United States in the total volume of military aid since the beginning of the war. According to the latest update of the Ukraine Support Tracker, the G7 group has recently allocated about 6.3 billion euros in financial assistance.
For the first time since the start of the Trump administration, the United States approved major arms exports to Ukraine in May, but not as military aid. These are sales that Kiev must finance itself. Meanwhile, European countries continued their support for Ukraine: Germany allocated a military aid package of 5 billion euros, the largest bilateral aid of this update. It was followed by Norway with 1.5 billion euros, Belgium with 1.2 billion euros, while the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Denmark each allocated between 500 million and 600 million euros.
Of the €10.5 billion in European military aid allocated in May and June 2025, at least €4.6 billion has been earmarked for procurement contracts with defense industry companies, rather than drawn from existing reserves. These contracts have been awarded mainly to firms based in Europe and Ukraine, indicating the growing role of defense production in military aid.
From the start of the war until June 2025, Europe has allocated at least 35.1 billion euros in military aid through purchases from the defense industry, 4.4 billion euros more than the United States.
Financial support for Ukraine is mainly based on the ERA (Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration) loan mechanism. This initiative, launched by the G7 and the European Commission, offers Ukraine a total of 45 billion euros in loans, financed by the proceeds of frozen Russian assets. In May and June, the EU distributed 2 billion euros, Canada contributed 1.5 billion euros, and Japan about 2.8 billion euros.
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