Belgian support for Ukraine

Since the large-scale Russian invasion in February 2022, Belgium has already pledged 4.488 billion euros in aid to Ukraine. This bilateral aid to Ukraine is in addition to Belgian contributions and guarantees to the EU and international programmes.

Windfall profits on the Russian Central Bank’s assets frozen at Euroclear are – as stipulated under European law – transferred to the repayment of ERA loans from the G7 (Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration). Belgium’s corporate tax revenues on these windfall profits have also been used from the outset to support Ukraine and its people.
 

Military

Belgium’s support for Ukraine includes:

• Supplying military equipment from its own stock and delivering new equipment from Belgium
• Financial contributions to international coalitions (including ammunition and air defence)
• Training Ukrainian troops
• Playing an active role in the F-16 coalition (training pilots and technicians, with aircraft transfers to follow later)
• Initiatives to strengthen European-Ukrainian industrial cooperation and integration

Bilateral security agreement (May 2024)

A ten-year agreement under which Belgium commits to providing long-term military support to strengthen Ukraine’s self-defence, resilience, and deterrence against future Russian aggression.

Visit of Prime Minister De Wever with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Development Cooperation Prévot and Minister of Defence Francken to Kyiv (April 2025)

Announcement of annual military support of at least 1 billion euros during the current legislature.

In 2025, Belgian military aid amounted to 1.1497 billion euros.

A new package of 1 billion euros in military aid was approved in April 2026. That package includes military equipment and financial support to various coalitions under the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, including

• the Enduring Action on Air Defence initiative
• artillery
• mine clearance
• drones
• perpetuation of Belgian support for the F16 coalition

There will also be more emphasis on defense industry cooperation with Ukraine.

It was additionally decided to contribute 100 million euros to the PURL initiative (purchase of U.S. weapons for Ukraine).

Thus, the total promised military aid in 2026 so far amounts to 1.1 billion euros.
 

Civilian

This includes, among other things:

• Humanitarian aid: €128.24 million through B-FAST (including emergency energy support) and international partners such as UNICEF, OCHA, UNHCR, IOM, WFP, and UNFPA.
• Human rights and the fight against impunity: €9 million through various UN agencies, the OSCE, Global Survivors Fund… In 2025, the decision was made to contribute an additional €250,000 to “Save Ukraine”, an organisation dedicated to the return of deported children to Ukraine, their rehabilitation, and reintegration.
• Reconstruction & resilience: €301 million, among others through international financial institutions and international organisations such as the IAEA, UNDP, ILO, and FAO. The BE-Relieve programme in Ukraine, worth €150 million, is now Belgium’s second largest development programme: a four-year programme of €150 million. The Belgian agency for international cooperation Enabel is active in the health, energy, and education sectors, mainly in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions. At Ukraine’s request, Enabel will also provide emergency energy support this winter.
   

Private sector

• €18 million through the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO) for local economic resilience
• €100 million export credit guarantee via Credendo
   

Ukrainians in Belgium

Nearly 100,000 Ukrainians received a certificate for temporary protection in Belgium, granting them direct access to social support.