President Donald Trump claims the United States has spent $350 billion on aid to Ukraine since Russia invaded it in February 2022, and much of it has gone missing.

Records prove this is false. We have appropriated approximately $182.8 billion and disbursed $83.4 billion.

Where Did These Claims Come From?

During a contentious meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on February 28, 2015, President Donald Trump claimed that the United States has spent more than $350 billion funding Ukraine’s three-year defense against Russia.

Donaly Trump previously made this claim via social media on February 19, 2025. In this tweet, he asserts:

• “Zelesnkyy has talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars”
• “The United States has spent $200 Billion Dollars more than Europe, and Europe’s money is guaranteed, while the United States will get nothing back.”
• “Zelenskyy admits that half of the money we sent him is ‘MISSING.’”

This is the same tweet that Trump called Zelenskyy “A Dictator without Elections”.

Trump’s claim that Zelensky admitted half the money is missing appears to come from an interview Zelenskyy did with the Associated Press on February 1 in which he said that Ukraine has not received $100 billion out of $177 billion.

Reviewing the data, Zelenskyy’s numbers are approximately in accordance with the accounting data and aren’t evidence of fraud and grift.

How Much Have We Actually Spent?

Before any money can change hands, Congress must first pass an appropriations bill, and the President must sign it into law. Since the invasion began, Congress has appropriated money for Ukrainian aid five times. I have tracked down each of these laws and the approximate amount appropriated in billions of dollars:

• Public Law 117–103 – Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (March, 2022) – $13.60
• Public Law 117–128 – Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (May, 2022) – $40.15
• Public Law 117–180 – Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (September, 2022) – $12.35
• Public Law 117–328 – Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (December, 2022) – $47.37
• Public Law 118–50, Division B – Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (April, 2024) – $60.78

That’s a total of approximately $174.24 billion.

Ukraine Oversight, the website of the Special Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve, counts an additional $8.56 billion in additional funds allocated from specific agencies. This brings the total to $182.8 billion.

What Have We Spent it On?

With this much money changing hands, multiple groups meticulously track where it goes.

The December 2024 Special Inspector General Report to the United States Congress on Operation Atlantic Resolve (OAR) provides two useful tables to show how the money has been obligated and disbursed.

A second figure breaks down the appropriations by year and funding category.

The largest security-related funding appropriation was $45.78 billion for replenishing the Department of Defense’s weapons stocks.

The military aid we sent to Ukraine has largely been donating weapon systems, equipment, and munitions from our stockpile using the Presidential Drawdown Authority. Essentially, the President authorizes transferring some of our stockpiled equipment (up to a monetary limit) to Ukraine, and we replenish our stocks later.

This replenishment fund is being used to pay American manufacturers.

And what of aid from Europe? Per the United Nations:

The European Union (EU) and our 27 Member States remain united and determined in our unprecedented support for Ukraine. Since the start of the war, the EU and our Member States have made available close to $145 billion.

Conclusion

Assuming Trump’s number of $350 billion were correct, we would have spent around $200 billion more than Europe like he claimed.

But his number is not correct. We have dispersed $83.4 billion.

And it’s not missing.

Sources:

Interview where the claim that half the aide is missing originated from: AP Interview: Zelenskyy says excluding Ukraine from US-Russia talks about war is ‘very dangerous’ (AP)

Special Inspector General Report to the United States Congress: OPERATION ATLANTIC RESOLVE INCLUDING U.S. GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES RELATED TO UKRAINE

Government Accountability Office Report: Ukraine: Status and Use of Supplemental U.S. Funding, as of First Quarter, Fiscal Year 2024

Congressional Research Service Report: Department of Defense Supplemental Funding for Ukraine: A Summary

Presidential Drawdown Authority: 22 USC 2318: Special authority

European Union Report: EU Assistance to Ukraine (in U.S. Dollars)