Poland to Receive Up to €430 Million for Weapons Supplied to Ukraine

Poland will receive €430 million in compensation in 2027 from the European Peace Facility (EPF) for weapons transferred to Ukraine.

Paweł Zalewski, Polish Deputy Minister of National Defense, announced this in an interview with the Polish Press Agency (PAP).

According to Zalewski, Poland has already received €830 million in compensation for military aid provided to Ukraine. The parties have now agreed to allocate another €400 million to the country in 2027.

In addition, Poland could receive another €10–30 million from an additional fund. According to the Polish official, the European Commission has prepared two options for distributing these funds, with the final amount depending on the mechanism selected.

Poland is among Ukraine’s largest donors in terms of military support. According to the Ukraine Support Tracker by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, the total value of Polish aid has reached €5.864 billion, of which €4.452 billion is military assistance.

In terms of total support, Poland ranks 11th among the countries providing assistance to Ukraine. However, when comparing aid to the size of donors’ economies, Poland ranks 9th.

The aid provided to Ukraine is equivalent to 1.021% of Poland’s GDP, while military assistance accounts for 0.775% of GDP.

Poland and Aid to Ukraine

Poland began providing military assistance to Ukraine even before Russia’s full-scale invasion. In January–February 2022, Warsaw supplied Kyiv with ammunition and other weapons amid Russia’s preparations for a large-scale war.

The first major phase of Polish support came during the initial months of the full-scale war. Poland transferred a significant number of Soviet-designed systems from its own Armed Forces inventory to Ukraine. The bulk of this assistance consisted of T-72M/M1 tanks and upgraded T-72M1R variants, armored personnel carriers, and other equipment.

In June 2022, the Polish side announced that it had supplied Ukraine with more than 240 T-72 tanks and around 100 armored vehicles.

By November 2024, Ukraine had received more than 350 tanks. From the resources of the Polish Army, Poland sent 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks and older-generation vehicles to Ukraine: 60 PT-91 tanks and 280 T-72M, T-72M1, and T-72M1R tanks.

An important component of the assistance has been Poland’s Piorun man-portable air-defense systems, which Ukraine began receiving in the early stages of the full-scale war.

Poland also provided significant assistance in the form of artillery systems. Ukraine received Polish Krab self-propelled howitzers, as well as Soviet-designed 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers, BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers, mortars, and other artillery systems.

Separately, Poland entered into commercial contracts with Ukraine to supply weapons. In particular, under a contract for 54 Krab self-propelled howitzers, Ukraine received 36 vehicles, and this portion of the contract was worth around €500 million.

In 2023, Poland began transferring more modern armored vehicles.

At the beginning of the year, Ukraine received PT-91 Twardy tanks, as well as its first Polish Leopard 2A4 tanks. On February 24, 2023, marking the first anniversary of the full-scale invasion, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki handed over the first Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. Overall, the initial deliveries in 2023 included around 60 PT-91s and 14 Leopard 2s, as well as 42 BWP-1 infantry fighting vehicles.

Aviation support also became an important area of assistance. In 2023, Poland transferred MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, becoming, together with Slovakia, the first NATO country to provide Ukraine with combat aircraft.

In addition to fighter jets, Poland supplied Mi-24 attack helicopters and other aviation equipment. According to Polish data, as part of military assistance between 2022 and 2024, Ukraine received 14 MiG-29s and 10 Mi-24s.