President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that political will is needed to provide Ukraine with all the military supplies it needs or the world will face “one of the most shameful pages in history,” Reuters reported.

Volodymyr ZelenskyiPhoto: Pool / Presidency of Ukraine / Zuma Press / Profimedia

“The main thing is the political will to make it happen, to ensure the level of supplies that will help,” Zelenskyy said in his video speech at night.

“If this does not happen, it will become one of the most shameful pages of history if America or Europe loses to Iranian Shaheds or Russian fighter jets,” he said.

The Institute of World Economy in Kiel, quoted by The Moscow Times, wrote that the European Union provided only 77 billion euros of the 144 billion euros promised to Kyiv.

And RBC drew attention to the fact that two years after the start of the war in Ukraine, experts noticed a gap between the amount of aid promised and actually provided by the West.

The US delivered only about a third of the tanks offered

According to RBC’s calculations, since the beginning of the invasion, the US has delivered only about a third of the proposed tanks and two-thirds of the promised heavy artillery to Ukraine.

Great Britain fulfilled its commitment in full, delivering 14 tanks and 130 guns, while Denmark promised 59 tanks but never delivered any.

In total, during the first year of the war, Western countries sent Ukraine 143 billion euros in military, economic and humanitarian support, of which 73.18 billion euros came from the United States.

The leader in the field of arms is also Washington, which allocated 44.34 billion euros to Ukraine, followed by Great Britain (4.89 billion euros), Poland (2.43 billion euros) and Germany (2.36 billion euros).

The US Senate, the upper house of Congress in Washington, approved a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on February 13, but it still has to pass the House of Representatives.

House Republican Leader Mike Johnson said congressmen are “actively seeking” a resolution to the Ukraine aid plan, which is blocked in Congress, but “the country’s priority is our border” with Mexico.