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UK support to Ukraine: factsheet

Updated 31 July 2025

Russia바카라 사이트™s illegal invasion of Ukraine poses a serious threat to UK prosperity and security. We are proud to be a leading partner in providing vital support to Ukraine.

In total, the UK has committed up to £21.8 billion for Ukraine:

  • £13 billion in military support (including our £2.26 billion ERA Loan contribution)
  • up to £5.3 billion in non-military support (including bilateral assistance and fiscal guarantees) 
  • £3.5 billion cover limit in export finance (via UK Export Finance for reconstruction and defence projects)  

Diplomacy

  • the UK, alongside France, is leading efforts to build a 바카라 사이트˜Coalition of the Willing바카라 사이트™ to defend any peace deal and support Ukraine바카라 사이트™s future security

  • the UK-Ukraine 100 Year Partnership is fostering broader and closer collaboration across 9 key pillars, including defence and security, science and technology, and economy and trade (signed at leader-level on 16 January 2025)

  • both leaders announced the intention to restart our bilateral Strategic Dialogue this year. The inaugural meetings took place in 2021

  • the  condemning:
    • Russia바카라 사이트™s invasion of Ukraine: 24 February 2025, 23 February 2023 and 2 March 2022
    • Russia바카라 사이트™s attacks on Ukraine바카라 사이트™s critical energy infrastructure, including nuclear facilities: 24 July 2024
    • Russia바카라 사이트™s attempted illegal annexation of 4 eastern Ukrainian regions: 12 October 2022
  • we regularly use the UN Security Council to condemn Russia바카라 사이트™s attacks on Ukraine and reaffirm that Russian disinformation, false accusations and violations of UNSC resolutions will not deter our steadfast support for Ukraine. This included the Foreign Secretary using the UK바카라 사이트™s November 2024 Council Presidency to mark 1,000 days since Russia바카라 사이트™s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and reiterate the importance for the world of Putin failing
  • we use the  as a forum to hold Russia accountable:

    • the Foreign Secretary spoke at the Reinforced Permanent Council to set out our continued support for Ukraine (24 February 2025)
    • UK representatives sit across the table from the Russian delegation to deliver interventions every week, calling out malign Russian behaviour, combatting disinformation and isolating it diplomatically
    • we have supported the OSCE바카라 사이트™s Support Programme for Ukraine financially and  (known as the Moscow Mechanism), which have published 4 reports since February 2022. We invoked the Moscow Mechanism for a fifth time on 24 July 2025 to examine Russia바카라 사이트™s treatment of prisoners of war
  • we use the to show UK support for the IAEA바카라 사이트™s efforts towards nuclear safety in Ukraine, particularly at ZNPP (Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant). We hold Russia directly accountable for the nuclear safety and security challenges Ukraine now faces, including from Russia바카라 사이트™s missile strikes on Ukraine바카라 사이트™s energy grid

Military

Non-military

  • the UK바카라 사이트™s non-military commitments to Ukraine since the start of the invasion come to over £5.3 billion. This includes:

Humanitarian

Recovery and reconstruction

  •  (MIGA), part of the World Bank group, and through the  to boost inward investment into Ukraine

  • our £3.5 billion cover limit in export finance via UK Export Finance has supported critical reconstruction projects in Ukraine. This support has already enabled the reconstruction of 6 key bridges in the Kyiv region and the delivery of mine countermeasure vessels

  • through our development finance institution, British International Investment (BII), we are working in partnership with the  to make trade finance available to support critical imports and exports to and from Ukraine.  BII will provide €30 million for MHP, a leading Ukrainian agribusiness, to safeguard jobs and boost resilience in the food and agriculture sectors (10 July 2025)

  • up to £10.5 million for the Governance Reform Programme will support efforts on rule of law, justice and anti-corruption (10 July 2025)

  • a £50 million economic recovery programme will unlock hundreds of millions of pounds worth of private lending to bolster the growth and resilience of small and medium businesses in Ukraine (£40 million announced 12 January 2025, £10 million boost announced 5 February 2025)

Energy

Sanctions

  • the UK has sanctioned over 2,500 individuals, entities and ships under the Russia sanctions regime, over 2,300 of which have been sanctioned since Putin바카라 사이트™s full-scale invasion

  • we have now sanctioned over 400 vessels forming part of Russia바카라 사이트™s 바카라 사이트˜Shadow Fleet바카라 사이트™ transporting Russian energy in violation of the Oil Price Cap

  • with the EU, we are lowering the crude Oil Price Cap from $60 a barrel to $47.60, directly hitting Russia바카라 사이트™s oil revenues, which have already fallen 35% year-on-year to May

  • UK, US and EU sanctions have denied Russia access to at least $450 billion since February 2022. By one estimate that바카라 사이트™s equivalent to around 2 more years of funding for the invasion

  • sanctions are making it more costly for Putin바카라 사이트™s war machine 바카라 사이트“ Russia pays up to 6 times the price for dual-use items and the cost of components for the Russian defence sector has risen by 30% over 3 years compared to global prices

  • this government has imposed sanctions against:

War crimes and justice

  • the UK announced £4.5 million of new funding to support Ukraine바카라 사이트™s domestic war crimes investigations (29 December 2024). As of July 2025, our overall contribution stands at £11.5 million

  • we have also given an additional £2.3 million to the International Criminal Court

  • we continue to support efforts to establish a  against Ukraine, as the Foreign Secretary made clear during his visit to Lviv in May 2025. We welcome the signing of the bilateral agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe (25 June 2025), and Ukraine바카라 사이트™s subsequent ratification of the agreement (15 July 2025)

  • we are a founding member and Chair of the Conference of Participants of the , which allows Ukrainians to record losses, injury or damage as a result of the war

  • we are supporting Ukraine바카라 사이트™s efforts to establish a  that would assess the claims submitted under the Register of Damage. We are a member of the Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee and took part in the third round of negotiations in May (14 to 18 July 2025)

Trade

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Ukrainians in the UK

Contact: fcdo.correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk

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