Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine in February, many countries have pledged a huge amount of support for Ukraine in fighting against the Russian invasion, this support has surfaced in form of military aid, financial assistance, and humanitarian aid.
According to a report from Kiel Institute, their analysis has shown so far that, smaller countries have contributed more to Ukraine in the early period of the war relative to their GDP than the major superpowers of the U.S, UK, France, and others, while the U.S when quantifying the military, financial and humanitarian aid topped the list with an estimation of €7.6 billion spent in the first month of the conflict.
The U.S has so far been the major donor to Ukraine since the war in contrast to the European countries who shared a border with Kyiv and spent less compared to Washington.
A recent report tracking support for Ukraine has shown that, since July, support from European countries has come at its minimal, with nearly no military support to Kyiv, and no intention of new bilateral military commitment to Ukraine.
While commitment has been underflowing, the increasing global food insecurity combined with a shortage of funds has undermined the assistance of European countries to Ukraine.
With many countries set to face the hard reality in the coming winter, many European countries are left with little options since Russia who’s their major energy provider halted supply due to their aggressive response in sanctioning Russia over their invasion of Ukraine.
The cut in supply of gas by Russia has been the major problem European countries are facing, as a time to look for an imminent alternative before the winter arrived might be too late.
With the way situations are unfolding at present, European countries might step down from escalating the war by providing much-needed aid to Ukraine to salvage their countries from fund shortages.
The United States seems to be the major donor to the Ukrainian cause despite the situation in the global sphere, if the U.S fails to give out aid to Kyiv, it means Ukraine has lost a substantial donor in its mission.
The European Union supposed to champion the cause has lost its weight due to the political upheaval affecting the top nations in the continent with Britain and Italy not left out of the situation.
The European Union during the initial period of the conflict announced two major packages of €330 million and €500 million for humanitarian funding, subsequently, it also pledged €600 million to Ukraine itself, and another €400 million to support other countries that have given shelter to Ukrainian refugees.
But since then, the European Union has had a minimal contribution to Ukraine in recent time, as most countries in the EU are fighting a battle for emancipation from global insecurities.
Apart from the U.S and some European countries who are the major sponsor of Ukraine against war with Russia, behind them are Canada and Japan but both are also facing the difficulty of action at moment.
The majority of countries in Asia and Africa showed less support to Ukraine as they’re not ready to take sides in a conflict, not in their continents.
