Military aid provided by European countries to Ukraine weakened sharply over the summer, despite NATO’s recent initiative for Europeans and Canada to buy American weapons, the German research institute Kiel Institute reported Tuesday. Europe allocated a total of 3.3 billion euros in military aid in July and August, or a monthly average of 1.65 billion. This average is 57% lower than that of the months of January to June (3,850 million). Thanks to a significant donation from Canada announced at the end of August, the drop in all countries combined is limited to 43%.
Most of the military aid over the summer was delivered through the NATO initiative called PURL, a multinational fund led by the United States that allows European countries to finance the transfer of American weapons to Ukraine and prevents kyiv from having to wait too long for weapons to be delivered. At the end of August, eight countries in the alliance had participated for a total of 1.9 billion euros: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
Stable financial and humanitarian aid
The Europeans gave or allocated a total of 83 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine between the start of the war launched by Russia in February 2022 and the end of August 2025, compared to 64.6 billion from the United States. The latter were the main providers of aid to Ukraine until the return to the White House on January 20 of Donald Trump, who broke with Joe Biden’s support strategy. But until now the Europeans had taken control: their cumulative military aid had surpassed that of the United States in the spring, for the first time since June 2022.
Unlike military aid, financial and humanitarian aid remained stable compared to the first half of 2025 (7.5 billion euros), despite the absence of new US contributions.
Source: BFM TV
