Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260617 
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Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 2218
Version Description: 
Fourth Version (June 16, 2022)
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel), Kiel
Abstract: 
This paper presents the 'Ukraine Support Tracker', which lists and quantifies military, financial and humanitarian aid to Ukraine in the context of the Russia-Ukraine war. This fourth version covers government commitments made between January 24 and June 7, 2022 and has a new detailed overview on weapon deliveries. We track support by 37 governments, including all G7 and European Union member countries, plus by EU institutions (thus including 38 donors). Private donations and aid through non-governmental organizations are not included due to a lack of systematic data, but we do show estimates on government costs of hosting Ukrainian refugees. To value in-kind support like military equipment or foodstuff, we rely on government statements as well as own calculations using market prices. We find significant differences in the scale of support across countries, both in absolute terms and as percent of donor country GDP. In billions of Euros, by far the largest bilateral supporter of Ukraine is the United States, followed by the EU institutions, the United Kingdom, and Germany. In percent of donor GDP, Eastern European countries stand out as particularly generous, and this is even more so once we account for refugee costs. Importantly, we now also document delays in aid delivery. Only about 17% of financial commitments have actually been disbursed to Ukraine. Moreover, some countries, like Germany or the US, have delivered less than half of the weapons they committed.
Subjects: 
international aid
military aid
war
geoeconomics
JEL: 
F35
F51
H56
H63
H84
H81
Additional Information: 
This is the fourth version of the paper and database. We are continuously expanding, correcting, and improving this project and welcome any feedback and comments to ukrainetracker@ifw-kiel.de. We are greatly indebted to dozens of readers around the world who have sent us helpful comments and suggestions.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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