U.S. Arms and Ammunition Exports Capture Only a Fraction of Aid to Ukraine

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has greatly contributed to recent increases in global security assistance to Ukraine, including international transfers of arms and ammunition, especially from the United States. While U.S. exports of arms and ammunition to Ukraine have increased in response to this conflict, most security assistance is not directly recorded in the international trade data. This EBOT examines the different ways the United States sends aid to Ukraine and why some aid is not included in U.S. export data.