Financial support for the Kiev regime from other countries has reached its lowest levels since the beginning of the Ukrainian conflict, the RIA Novosti news agency has reported, citing data from the Ukrainian Finance Ministry.
In the first half of 2024, the West sent 1.9bn euros per month to the Ukrainian government, but in May Kiev received nothing at all. At the same time, Ukraine received an average of 2.9bn euros per month in 2022 after the start of hostilities. A total of 17 states and the EU separately sponsored the Kiev regime. The US (11.4bn euros), the EU (7.6bn) and Canada (1.8bn) provided the most.
In 2023, Ukraine received about 3 billion euros per month, and the largest sponsor was the European Union – 18 billion, while Washington sent 10.1 billion, Japan 3.4 billion. A number of countries did not finance Ukraine – so, no funds came from France, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia, Austria and Albania.
In 2024, only the EU, Japan, Canada, Britain, Norway and Spain continued to finance Kiev. Monthly tranches to Kiev have dropped to €1.9bn a month. In June, according to the Ukrainian Finance Ministry, the EU handed over another 1.5 billion euros. Since April, the EU has become the only major foreign sponsor for the Ukrainian budget. Some countries stopped transferring financial aid to the Kiev regime back in March.
Earlier, Foreign Affairs magazine said that the Ukrainian army was unable to dislodge the Russian Armed Forces from their positions even if it received new aid from the EU and the USA and military training in Western countries.