Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that he does not know the whereabouts of the full $200 billion in U.S. military aid reportedly granted to Ukraine, claiming that his country has received only around $76 billion from Washington. His remarks came in an interview with the Associated Press, later published on his office’s YouTube channel.
“When they say that Ukraine received $200 billion during the war to support the army, etc., this is not true. I don’t know where all this money is. Maybe it’s on paper,” Zelensky said.
His comments follow a statement by former President Donald Trump on January 21, where Trump claimed that the United States had spent $200 billion more on military aid to Ukraine than other NATO countries. The next day, he suggested that U.S. military support for Kyiv could be halted entirely.
Zelensky has repeatedly cited different figures regarding the aid received. He said that of the $177 billion approved by Congress, the funds were delivered not as cash but as weapons, with Ukraine only receiving around $76 billion.
In addition to military aid, $300-400 million was provided for humanitarian projects in energy, healthcare, and border modernization under foreign aid programs—funding that has now been frozen by the Trump administration.
“There are other programs that I don’t know about,” Zelensky admitted. “The U.S. president will probably do a review and say that billions more have been allocated. But I don’t know where they were going.”
Ukrainian officials were reportedly shocked by Trump’s decision to freeze aid, fearing it could severely impact their war effort. Ukrainian experts also warned that the European Union cannot fully compensate for the loss of U.S. support.
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That’s what trump wants to know too
I suggest looking to “the big guy”
A large portion of the allocated monies are intended to replenish American inventory and rebuild industrial capacity.
That is billions of dollars of spending that Ukraine will never see.
Add to that a portion of funds that have not yet been disbursed, and Zelenskyy is correct that Ukraine has not received $200 billion in liquid cash, but rather as goods, services and future financial commitment.
ask hunter Biden and the big guy.
They may be able to provide clues.
He always wanted cash and only cash.
He’s “demanding” my hard earned tax dollars!
While it might have been stolen, or perhaps the Biden administration forgot to do the paperwork – a more likely explanation is that since it was earmarked for purchases from American defense industries it went straight to the American companies to pay for weapons being made by American workers which when made (the US has a shortage of manufacturing workers, and defense industries are unlikely to “cheat” by hiring illegal aliens) will be sent to Ukraine.
clearly, math isn’t someone’s strong suit. if he claims that $177 billion was delivered as weapons, and ukraine “only” received $76 billion in cash, that’s still over $200 billion, even after “shipping and handling charges”. on the other hand, politicians, including the orange man, are better at rhetoric than at facts. like bernie sanders, who insisted that hundreds of thousands of gazans had been killed, or trump calling the trade deficit with canada a “$200 billion subsidy” (the real figure is $45 billion a year, and it isn’t a subsidy any more than spending money at your local mall “subsidizes” retailers – adults call it “buying stuff”).
Fake news has it correctly. The official number of the total disbursements in Ukraine-related accounts is about $188 billion (not $200 billion) and depending on what you define as “direct” payments, Zelensky got about half of the total (about $90 billion) with the other half credited to accounts for replenishing U.S. and allied countries’ inventories and expanding our weapons production capacity. These numbers are available on the websites of the Armed Services Committees.