Only €41.7 billion of the €100 billion reported by the German government actually went to Kiev, according to the Kiel Institute
Germany has counted billions of euros spent at home as aid to Ukraine, overstating the amount that actually reached Kiev, according to a study published on Thursday by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
Berlin has reported providing or earmarking €100 billion ($112 billion) in support since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. However, the institute found that only €41.7 billion qualified as actual bilateral aid, while €35.9 billion was spent in Germany and another €22 billion consisted of future military commitments.
”The €100 billion figure is misleading and wrongly labeled as ‘bilateral aid to Ukraine’,” said Christoph Trebesch, head of the institute’s Ukraine Support Tracker. He nevertheless described Germany as Europe’s largest donor to Kiev.
Of the €43.3 billion Berlin classified as civilian assistance, roughly 80% remained in Germany. The bulk covered benefits and accommodation for Ukrainian refugees, while €1.3 billion went toward export and investment guarantees for German companies operating in Ukraine.
Read more EU states push farm aid cuts to fund military buildupOnly €7.4 billion in civilian support actually reached Ukraine, including humanitarian assistance, energy support and reconstruction funding, the study found.
Trebesch questioned the government’s accounting, arguing that spending on Syrian refugees would not ordinarily be described as “bilateral aid to Syria.”
The institute also challenged Berlin’s €57.6 billion military aid figure. It could trace €56.3 billion, including €22 billion in future commitments whose implementation remains uncertain. The German government stopped publishing detailed military assistance figures in June 2025, complicating independent scrutiny, the researchers noted.
Meanwhile, senior German politicians have called for Berlin to secure greater economic returns from its support for Kiev.
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Last month, Bavarian Minister-President Markus Soeder, leader of the CSU, the sister party of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU, urged Ukraine to spend more aid money on German technology. “It must naturally be the case that the German defense industry benefits,” he said, also proposing talks on access to Ukrainian raw materials.
Read more Merz turned into ‘Ukrainian chancellor’ – MoscowForeign Minister Johann Wadephul voiced similar concerns in September, telling Bild that Germany was “not entirely satisfied with the level of orders” placed with its companies.
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused Merz of putting Kiev’s interests ahead of those of German taxpayers by pledging further aid despite growing public discontent with his policies.
Merz’s CDU suffered electoral setbacks last month, finishing a distant second in Saxony-Anhalt with 17.5% of the vote and failing to enter the state parliament in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after securing just 4.9%.
Despite the reverses, Merz has vowed to stay the course.
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