The aid package will include $20 billion for Ukraine's armed forces, which are trying to fend off a Russian offensive in the east.
to approve immediately his proposed $33 billion package for Ukraine, which includes $20 billion for the country's armed forces defending against renewed Russian offensives in the eastern Donbas region.dwarfs Ukraine's own military coffers, and is more than three times larger than the country's 2021 military expenditure of almost $6 billion, per data from SIPRI—the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute—which tracks arms spending worldwide.
A U.S. soldier stands next to a Javelin missile loaded onto a Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle before a live-fire training exercise on April 28, 2022 in Fort Carson, Colorado.Taken together, the military aid from the two major funding packages would total $26.5 billion—more than four times the value of Ukraine's recent annual defense spending. Combined with Kyiv's own expenditure, the aid brings the value of Ukraine's military capabilities to some $32.5 billion.
The U.S. aid alone would put Ukraine 14th in the world in terms of annual military expenditure—more than nations such as Israel and Iran , according to SIPRI data.NATOAdding Ukraine's own military budget would put the country 11th in the global military spending table—above NATO nations such as Italy and alliance partners such as Australia —behind South Korea in 10th position.Russia spent some $65.9 billion on its forces in 2021, which comprise one of the largest militaries in the world.
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