Policy paper

UK support to Ukraine: factsheet

Updated 9 March 2026

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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 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 jointly leading Coalition of the Willing nations’ efforts to support Ukraine’s future security. The Prime Minister joined over thirty other Coalition of the Willing leaders in marking the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion by reaffirming security guarantees agreed in Paris in January (24 February 2026)
  • the UK, France, and Ukraine signed a Declaration of Intent relating to the deployment of multinational forces to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire (6 January 2026)
  • 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)
  • British Embassy Kyiv hosted a policy forum to mark the first-year anniversary of the 100 Year Partnership and demonstrate our ambition across political, defence, innovation and recovery pillars.  (16 January 2026)
  • the Foreign Secretary welcomed Foreign Minister Sybiha to London for the UK-Ukraine Strategic Dialogue, where they discussed foreign and security policy priorities for the year ahead (13 November 2025)
  • the UK has supported UNGA resolutions condemning:
    • Russia’s forcible deportation of Ukrainian children: 3 December 2025
    • Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: 24 February 2026, 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 and the UN Charter, in addition to wider attempts to undermine the multilateral system, will not deter our steadfast support for Ukraine
  • we use the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) as a forum to hold Russia accountable:
    • Minister Doughty reaffirmed the UK’s continued support for Ukraine at a Reinforced Permanent Council on 24 February 2026 to mark four years since Russia’s full scale invasion
    • 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 and highlighted Russian human rights abuses in Ukraine via the OSCE’s formal fact-finding missions (known as the Moscow Mechanism), which have published 5 reports since February 2022
  • we support the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA)  efforts to strengthen nuclear safety and security in Ukraine, particularly at Ukraine’s ZNPP (Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant). We hold Russia directly accountable for the nuclear safety and security challenges Ukraine now faces, including those resulting from Russia’s missile strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid. We supported the 5 March 2026 resolution at the Board of Governors (5 March 2026)

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

  • the UK is one of Ukraine’s leading bilateral donors and has committed up to £577 million in humanitarian assistance for Ukraine and the region since the start of the full-scale invasion (12 September 2025)
  • a commitment of £5.7 million to provide humanitarian aid to frontline communities (24 February 2026)
  • we have committed at least £100 million in humanitarian assistance in 2025 to 2026, from which £10 million has been allocated to the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund and £8 million for targeted winter assistance (3 December 2025 and 12 November 2025)
  • since the full-scale invasion, we have provided £12.9 million to HALO Trust for mine action, including a £4.3 million contract extension from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, to support their work in Ukraine, with Mines Advisory Group and Ukrainian Deminers Association as downstream partners. Our demining efforts have cleared over 861,079 square metres of land and provided Explosive Ordnance Risk Education to 126,790 beneficiaries (May 2022 to end December 2025). Work is in hand to conclude a further contract extension

Recovery and reconstruction

Energy

Sanctions

  • the UK has sanctioned over 3,200 individuals, entities and ships under the Russia sanctions regime, over 3,000 of which have been sanctioned since Putin’s full-scale invasion
  • as of February 2026, the UK has specified 595 vessels under the Russia sanctions regime, including 568 oil tankers
  • as of October 2025, UK and US sanctions directly apply to Russia’s top 4 oil production companies. Due to Western sanctions and declining oil prices, Russia’s federal oil and gas revenues fell 50% year-on-year in January 2026
  • UK, US and EU sanctions have denied Russia access to at least $450 billion since February 2022. By one estimate that’s equivalent to around 2 more years of funding for the invasion
  • between October 2024 and September 2025, UK imports from and exports to Russia of all goods dropped by 98.1% and 97.5% compared to 2021
  • this government has imposed sanctions against:

War crimes and justice

  • the UK has provided £16.5 million to support Ukraine’s domestic war crimes investigations
  • we have also given an additional £2.3 million to the International Criminal Court
  • we have committed more than £2.8 million to support Ukrainian efforts to facilitate the return and reintegration of children forcibly deported by Russia, including a pilot tracing mechanism which has identified over 600 additional children since the beginning of September
  • we continue to support efforts to establish a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against 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 Register of Damage for Ukraine, which allows Ukrainians to record losses, injury or damage as a result of the war
  • we have signed the Council of Europe Convention on the Establishment of an International Claims Commission for Ukraine (16 December 2025). This will assess the claims submitted under the Register of Damage and pave the way for potential future compensation pay outs to those who have suffered loss, injury or damage as a result of Russia’s invasion

Trade

For further information visit the Department for Business and Trade’s Ukraine page.

Ukrainians in the UK

  •  234,500 Ukrainians have arrived in the UK, including 174,900 through Homes for Ukraine (as of  31 December 2025)
  • the Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme opened on 4 February 2025 providing an additional 18 months permission and a continuation of the same rights and entitlements for Ukrainians in the UK on the Ukraine schemes. 133,519 UPE applications have been granted (as of 31 December 2025)
  • the Government announced on 1 September 2025 that the UPE scheme will be extended by an additional 24 months. This means individuals coming to the end of their initial 18 months’ permission under UPE will be able to apply for a further 24 months under the scheme, totalling 3.5 years under UPE
  • the Government also announced on 24 February 2026 that the application window for UPE applications will increase from 28-days to 90-days before an applicant’s current permission expires
  • English language and employment support is being provided by the UK government-funded STEP programme, a free, 12 or 24 weeks virtual programme open to all Ukrainians living in the UK on one of the humanitarian UK visa schemes

Contact: fcdo.correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk

 

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