The French newspaper Le Monde revealed that the United States topped the list of countries that provided financial and military aid to Ukraine since the period before the outbreak of the Russian war last February.

And the newspaper stated - quoting statistics from the Institute for International Economics (Kiel) - that Washington has so far provided more than 47 billion euros (about 50 billion dollars) to Kyiv since the end of January 2022, including about 22.9 billion euros (about 24 billion dollars). It is military aid.

She added that the European Union countries provided individual support to Ukraine estimated at 16 billion euros (about 17 billion dollars), while the total support provided by the funds of the Union Foundation itself amounted to about 30 billion euros (about 32 billion dollars).


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The newspaper revealed that the assessment of financial support based on the gross domestic product of each country upsets the scales, as the United States lags behind to rank ninth by 0.23%, while Lithuania tops the list with 1.1%, followed by Estonia with 0.93%, and Poland with 0.5%.

France ranks 22nd with 0.05%.

For reference, the figures revealed by the Institute for International Economics, and reported by Le Monde, do not include unannounced private support, nor do they include embracing Ukrainian refugees, as well as support provided to non-governmental organizations.

Recently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the United States, and said that his visit to Washington brought good results and financial support, along with other agreements that he said he would tell more about later. He thanked US President Joe Biden "for his assistance and determination to win," and he also thanked the US Congress, with both houses and parties, for their support. to Ukraine, he said.


Washington announced a new aid package for Kiev, through what is known as the Presidential Withdrawal Authority, which included the Patriot missile system.

The US and Ukrainian presidents pledged to enable Kyiv to win the war, and accused Moscow of not being ready for peace.

Russia criticized the Ukrainian president's visit to the United States, and the Russian ambassador to Washington said, "Zelinsky's visit showed that Washington and Kiev are not ready for peace and aim for war."