Aid to Ukraine has fallen sharply to its lowest since January 2022 - study

The volume of assistance to Ukraine from August to October 2023 from partner countries has reached its lowest level since January 2022. This is stated in the Ukraine Support Tracker study by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

Between August and October 2023, the amount of new aid disbursed fell sharply: the total value of new aid packages was just €2.11 billion, down 87 per cent compared to the same period in 2022 and the lowest amount since January 2022," the study said.

Of the 42 donors tracked, only 20 provided new aid packages in the past 3 months, the lowest proportion of active donors since the war began. There have also been few new pledges from the European Union and the United States.

A proposed new US aid package has been postponed until next year, and approval of the EU project on Ukraine has been slowed.

The main remaining group of active donors are countries such as Croatia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, as well as NATO countries such as Canada and the UK.

Moreover, Ukraine can count on large previously promised multi-year programmes, which now account for most of the aid actually delivered.

For example, Denmark, Germany and Norway have provided €1.2bn, €1bn and €662m in military aid respectively in the last 3 months under their previously committed multi-year schemes.

In terms of military assistance, European Union countries continue to catch up and have now overtaken the United States.

In particular, Germany and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland) have committed significant new aid in recent months.