Belgian support for Ukraine

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)

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

Announcement of annual military support of at least €1 billion during the current term. Belgium is currently at €1.1497 billion in military support for 2025.

New initiatives in 2025, in addition to the already allocated €1 billion

• €13 million worth of equipment from its own stock

• €100 million through NATO’s PURL (Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List) initiative for the purchase of American weapons

• €23 million through NATO for mine clearance

• €8 million through NATO for military medical capacities

• €5.7 million for the NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training and Education Centre

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.

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