Military aid pours into Ukraine

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly called for heavy weapons such as tanks and artillery. However, most nations are sending infantry weapons or anti-tank weapons instead


T-72 battle tank 

Road speed: 60km/h, cross country, 35km/h

12.7mm DShK machine gun

Crew: 3. Commander, gunner, driver

Gun system: 125mm smooth-bore with co-axial 7.62mm machine gun

Reactive armour

240 T-72s from Poland
12 T-72s from Czech Rep.

Engine: V12, 12-cylinder. Multi-fuel – can use diesel, petrol or aviation fuel 


Military aid to Ukraine: €33.64bn (Jan 24* to May 10, 2022, euros)

United States	€24.11 billion ($25.45bn)
UK 		2.34bn
Poland 		1.52bn
EU† 		1.50bn
Germany 	1.39bn
Canada 		756.35m
Norway		264.34m
Estonia 	230.00m
Latvia  	218.80m
France  	162.52m
Italy		150.00m
Czech Rep. 	144.60m
Denmark		134.40m
Australia 	129.17m
Sweden 		125.03m
Slovakia 	113.82m
Belgium 	76.63m
Netherlands 	72.23m
Other (11) 	328.11m
  

Heavy		Tanks	Artillery	MRLs‡ 	Armoured 	Air 	Drones¶ Manpads§
weapons		T-72s. 				vehicles	defence

U.S. 			90 			500 			821 	2,300
Poland 	      	240 UK is supplying Challenger II tanks to replace T-72s
Germany 					14				500
Canada 			4			8
Norway 											100
Estonia			9 
France 			12
Czech Rep.    	12	20 	     	20	17				160
Australia 		6 			20
Netherlands 		5							200
Slovakia 							   1
Spain 						20
Delivered     	252	146 	     	20 	579		   1 	821	3,260

S-300 system from Slovakia in exchange for Patriot battery from U.S.


*Jan 24 2022: Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine. †EU Commission and Council. ‡Multiple rocket launchers. ¶Lithuania is donating one Turkish Bayraktar TB2 combat drone. Ukraine has bought 20-50 TB2s. §Man-portable air-defence systems


Sources: Ukraine support tracker, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Reuters 
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