US Plans to Disburse $400 Million in Aid to Ukraine Through 2029

The administration of US President Donald Trump has informed Congress that it plans to spend the remaining $400 million allocated for military aid to Ukraine by the end of the fiscal year 2029.

Reuters reported this, citing sources familiar with the matter.

According to the agency, the Pentagon sent Congress a letter in May outlining the planned timeline for disbursing the funds.

The document stipulates that the entire $400 million will be committed to contracts by the end of the fiscal year 2026, which ends on September 30, while the full delivery of the military aid will continue through the end of the fiscal year 2029.

Members of Congress have repeatedly pressed the administration over the slow pace of spending funds allocated to support Ukraine. In April, Republican Senator Mitch McConnell published an opinion piece criticizing the delay in delivering military assistance.

The issue has been raised repeatedly during congressional hearings. Most recently, at a hearing last week attended by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, questioned the administration’s plan for spending the funds. He expressed doubts about how effective the assistance to Ukraine could be encountering Russian aggression if its delivery is delayed for such a long period.

According to the plan outlined in the letter, the $400 million will be used to strengthen the capabilities of Ukraine’s Defence Forces, procure equipment, provide training, and fund related services.

Of that amount, $200 million is allocated for the procurement of weapons, ammunition, and explosives, while $99.9 million is earmarked for vehicles, spare parts, and equipment. The remaining $100 million will be spent on logistics and other services, including the transportation of defence supplies to Ukraine.

In late April 2026, the Pentagon released a $400 million military aid package for Ukraine that had previously been approved by the US Congress. Speaking before a House committee, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the funding had already been transferred.

A day earlier, Senator Mitch McConnell stated that the US aid package approved several months ago had been “gathering dust” at the Pentagon. According to him, the committee’s attempts to obtain an explanation from Elbridge Colby, the US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, were met with what he described as “a brush-off.”

Jules Hurst, the acting Pentagon comptroller, also told the House committee that contracts for the funding had not yet been signed.

Under US law, the President is required to spend funds appropriated by Congress and cannot unilaterally block their use.