Policy paper

UK support to Ukraine: factsheet

Updated 15 September 2025

Russia’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 billionÌýERAÌýLoan contribution)
  • up to £5.3 billion in non-military support (including bilateral assistance and fiscal guarantees)Ìý
  • £3.5 billion cover limit in export finance (via UK Export Finance for reconstruction and defence projects) Ìý

Diplomacy

  • the UK, alongside France, is jointly leading the Coalition of the Willing nations to support Ukraine’s future security

  • ³Ù³ó±ðÌýUK-Ukraine 100 Year PartnershipÌýis 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

  • ³Ù³ó±ðÌý condemning:
    • Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: 24 February 2025, 23 February 2023 and 2 March 2022
    • Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure, including nuclear facilities: 24 July 2024
    • Russia’s attempted illegal annexation of 4 eastern Ukrainian regions: 12 October 2022
  • we regularly use the UN Security Council to condemn Russia’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 then Foreign Secretary using the UK’s November 2024 Council Presidency to mark 1,000 days since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and reiterate the importance for the world of Putin failing
  • we use ³Ù³ó±ðÌýÌýas a forum to hold Russia accountable:

    • the then Foreign Secretary spoke at ³Ù³ó±ðÌýReinforced Permanent CouncilÌýto 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 OSCE’s Support Programme for Ukraine financially andÌýÌý(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 Russia’s treatment of prisoners of war
  • we use the to show UK support for the IAEA’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 Russia’s missile strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid

Military

Non-military

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

Humanitarian

Recovery and reconstruction

  • Ìý(MIGA), part of the World Bank group, and through ³Ù³ó±ðÌýÌýto 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 ³Ù³ó±ðÌýreconstruction of 6 key bridgesÌýin the Kyiv region and ³Ù³ó±ðÌýdelivery of mine countermeasure vessels

  • through our development finance institution, British International Investment (BII), we are working in partnership with ³Ù³ó±ðÌýÌýto make trade finance available to support critical imports and exports to and from Ukraine.Ìý 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 toÌý£10.5 million for the Governance Reform ProgrammeÌýwill support efforts on rule of law, justice and anti-corruption (10 July 2025)

  • a £25 million social recovery programme will support Ukraine to build more inclusive and efficient social protection systems and revitalise community and family-based services (7 February 2025)

  • aÌý£50 million economic recovery programmeÌýwill 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

War crimes and justice

  • the UK announcedÌý£4.5 million of new funding to support Ukraine’s domestic war crimes investigationsÌý(29 December 2024). As of July 2025, our overall contribution stands at £11.5 million

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

  • we continue to support efforts to establish aÌýÌýagainst Ukraine. We welcome the signing of the bilateral agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe (25 June 2025), and Ukraine’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 Ukraine’s efforts to establish aÌýÌýthat would assess the claims submitted under the Register of Damage. We are a member of the Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee and took part in the fourth round of negotiations (9 September 2025)

Trade

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Ukrainians in the UK

Contact: fcdo.correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk

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