$196B for Ukraine and Europe, $60B Not Yet Out the Door
Summary
Since Russia's 2022 invasion, Congress has appropriated or otherwise made available $196.43 billion for Operation Atlantic Resolve and the broader Ukraine response, the tri-agency Lead Inspector General reported for the quarter ending June 30, 2026. Of that, $121.16 billion has been disbursed and $180.91 billion obligated -- but $59.75 billion sits obligated and not yet paid out, nearly the size of the entire Ukraine supplemental Congress last passed in April 2024. 's Ukraine Interagency Oversight Working Group has separately flagged that agencies do not consistently track this money: alone told Congress it had misvalued about $6.2 billion in drawn-down weapons.
Where it sits
$46.79 billion -- about 78 percent of the undisbursed total -- sits in three Department of War security accounts⧉: replenishing U.S. stocks drawn down for Ukraine, the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, and European Command/deterrence support. The lag is normal for multi-year weapons contracts, not by itself a sign of waste. Congress hasn't passed major new Ukraine funding since April 2024; the FY2026 money that did flow leaned on $4.80 billion in NATO allied contributions⧉ under a new burden-sharing mechanism.
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| Disbursed | 121.2 | money actually paid out through June 30, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Obligated, not yet disbursed | 59.8 | committed on paper but not yet paid out |
| Available for obligation | 10 | appropriated, not yet committed to a purpose |
| Expired | 4.1 | no longer available for obligation |
| Under review | 1.4 | status uncertain due to missing agency data |
Oversight is thinner than the totals
Just $68 million⧉ is set aside -- across three inspectors general and -- to oversee the whole $196.43 billion, about $1 for every $2,889 appropriated. 's own audits show why that matters: a July 2024 audit⧉ found had told Congress it misvalued about $6.2 billion⧉ in drawn-down weapons, and that about 61 percent⧉ of Presidential Drawdown Authority values lacked the documentation to verify them at all.
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| DoW Stocks Replenishment | 23.2 | replaces U.S. weapons drawn down and sent to Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative | 12.6 | buys new weapons and services for Ukraine |
| U.S. Military Support (USEUCOM / EDI) | 11 | European Deterrence Initiative and command operations |
| Development Finance Corp. (DFC) | 3.3 | loan guarantees that may never require cash |
| Economic Support Fund | 2.4 | budget and economic support |
| Foreign Military Financing | 2.3 | grants to buy U.S. defense articles |
| NATO Contributions Received | 1.4 | allied PURL contributions credited to DoW |
| All other accounts | 3.6 | every remaining account combined |
- Congress has appropriated or made available $196.43 billion for Operation Atlantic Resolve and the Ukraine response since February 2022; through June 30, 2026, $121.16 billion has been disbursed and $180.91 billion obligated.
- $59.75 billion is obligated but not yet disbursed -- about a third of all obligated funds, and roughly 98 percent of the entire $60.78 billion supplemental Congress last passed in April 2024.
- About 78 percent of the undisbursed money ($46.79 billion) sits in three Department of War security accounts for weapons and European deterrence.
- Just $68 million is set aside for and oversight of the whole $196.43 billion -- about $1 for every $2,889 appropriated.
- found had told Congress it misvalued about $6.2 billion in drawn-down weapons, with roughly 61 percent of PDA values lacking documentation to verify them -- a sign that oversight of the money already spent is thinner than the totals imply. (moderate confidence)
A large undisbursed balance is not by itself evidence of waste -- the Development Finance Corporation's $3.29 billion undisbursed, for instance, is largely loan guarantees that may never require an outlay. Figures are cumulative through June 30, 2026 except where the Lead notes lagged agency reporting (some accounts as of December 31, 2024 or June 30, 2025). The valuation figures are from a July 2024 audit of drawdowns through March 2024.
Sources(3) ▾
- Lead Inspector General (DoD, State, USAID) / Special Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve, Operation Atlantic Resolve: Lead Inspector General Report to the U.S. Congress, April 1, 2026-June 30, 2026 (2026-08-01) — The tri-agency Lead Inspector General quarterly report to Congress for Operation Atlantic Resolve, covering April 1-June 30, 2026, with funding data through June 30, 2026 ( 2026 Q3). Its Status of Funds section gives the comprehensive accounting used here: total appropriated or otherwise made available for obligation ($196.43B), obligated ($180.91B), disbursed ($121.16B), the four-state funding pipeline (available for obligation, obligated-but-undisbursed, disbursed, expired), the by-account breakdown of undisbursed obligations (Table 5), the category split (security, governance/development, humanitarian, agency operations), the $68M carved out for and oversight, and the burden-sharing context (EU EUR 90B loan, NATO PURL contributions). oversight.gov · original document
- U.S. Government Accountability Office, GAO-24-106934 - Ukraine Assistance: Actions Needed to Properly Value Defense Articles Provided under Presidential Drawdown Authority (2024-07-22) — performance audit of how valued defense articles sent to Ukraine under Presidential Drawdown Authority. Source for the concrete oversight-gap figures paired against the Lead funding totals: 's ~$6.2 billion misvaluation of drawn-down articles ($2.6B in FY2022 and $3.6B in FY2023), 's estimate that ~12% of PDA articles were valued using non-compliant methods and ~61% lack appropriate supporting documentation, and the ~$24 billion in PDA drawdowns authorized for Ukraine from August 2021 through March 2024. gao.gov · original document
- U.S. Government Accountability Office, Ukraine Oversight (2026-08-14) — 's Ukraine oversight hub, which describes the federal Ukraine Interagency Oversight Working Group coordinating with federal inspectors general, and summarizes 's cross-cutting findings on funding-tracking and fraud-risk gaps across U.S. Ukraine assistance. Used for the umbrella framing that oversight bodies flag tracking gaps on the same money; no load-bearing dollar figure rests on this page. gao.gov · original document
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Since Russia's 2022 invasion, Congress has appropriated or made available $196.43 billion⧉ for Operation Atlantic Resolve and the Ukraine response. As of June 30, 2026, $180.91 billion is obligated and $121.16 billion disbursed⧉ -- leaving $59.75 billion obligated but not yet paid out⧉, nearly the size of the entire $60.78 billion supplemental Congress passed in April 2024, the last time it approved significant new money for this war.