Washington remains the main supplier for overall quantities, but Europe has accelerated the production of vehicles and weapon systems, filling emptied arsenals and overcoming the United States for the first time
In Alaska the American president Donald Trump He will meet the Russian one Vladimir Putin. If something happens to encourage peace in Ukraine we will see it, but assuming that this happens, that’s who, so far, has given more money to the cause of Kiev.
In other words, many of the weapons now intended for Ukraine come directly from the military-industrial production of the countries of origin, rather than from pre-existing stocks, as had happened in the first days of the war.
The data, published a few days ago by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Germany), say that European military industrial production, amplified in support of Ukraine, has exceeded the American one for the first time by the Russian invasion of February 2022 war and the end of June 2025
Last spring, the Old Continent also passed the United States in terms of total military aid, following a strong increase in European support for Ukraine in response to the feared retreat of the USA announced under the nascent Trump administration. EU countries have allocated the equivalent of over 65 billion dollars in military assistance to Ukraine, while other non -European nations have become important suppliers of military structures over time, thus reducing the percentage of armaments from the USA.
However, these numbers do not include recently announced American weapons deliveries, which represent the first large lot approved by the administration of President Donald Trump, because these will be purchased by Kiev instead of donated. The disparity is even greater if other forms of help are also considered: according to the tracker of the Kiel Institute, Europe has allocated 167.4 billion euros in government aid to Kiev and has committed itself to delivering another 90 billion euros, while the United States have allocated and promised respectively the equivalent in dollars of 114.6 and 4.35 billion euros. Although the combined weight of Europe and other nations in support of Ukraine is now consolidated, the United States still remain the main donor. The total total is almost double that of the European Union alone, which has so far provided 60.5 billion euros in financial aid and 2.7 billion in humanitarian assistance. The USA, however, provided the Ukraine multiple infantry and obicians combat vehicles than any other single country, as well as multiple rocket launching systems and air defense systems.
However, combined European counts exceed those of the USA in all these categories. In Europe, the first donor country by number of means is Germany, while in terms of percentage on GDP they are Denmark (2.9% in direct supplies and 0.4% in community shares), Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. Poland is so far the main supplier of tanks for Ukraine having sent Kiev 354 tanks to Kiev, followed by Holland (104) and always Denmark (94). The difference between the USA and the EU was that while from Washington every military assistance initiative was to be discussed and several times it remained in the balance, the European support has been constant and is also slightly increased with the passage of time. Only in the months of May and June 2025, European governments have allocated 10.5 billion euros into new military aid, of which at least 4.6 billion euros were paid through contract contracts, rather than taken from the existing stocks, to underline the growing centrality of industrial production compared to the arsenals declared in excess.
The historical fact is that after almost thirty years of progressive reduction of the arsenals, mainly dictated by two factors, that is, by no longer considering a threat and having to face only asymmetrical conflicts and operations abroad (Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria), now it has been understood that a high intensity conflict cannot be excluded a priori. And the fears of the Scandinavian countries and those neighboring with Ukraine and Belarus, such as Poland. With the reductions in the armaments that took place from 1995 to 2022, many nations found themselves short of heavy armored, artillery pieces and batteries of anti -aircraft missiles.
