We have reported often on the staggering figures of financial and military aid given to Ukraine by the United States and other members of NATO since the war began. Not to diminish those contributions in any way, but we were reminded recently that some other countries have pulled their weight in particularly powerful ways, given the relatively small size of their own economies.
- Casualty of war in Ukraine: The global food supply
- Global food crisis: Beyond the Ukraine-Russia grain deal, what else can the world do?
- Ukraine turning point? The offensive against Russia that may decide the war
- What’s the most important lesson of the war in Ukraine? 15 experts gave us their answers.
- The Ukraine War in data: Ukraine says Russia has deployed more than 300,000 soldiers for a coming offensive
Rounding out the top five donors on this list: Poland (0.50 percent), Lithuania (0.46 percent) and Norway (0.34 percent). As students of history will know, the Baltic nations have long held a mix of fear and suspicion when it comes to Moscow. No doubt those emotions and past realities have much to do with these figures.
We offer a more comprehensive set of data points on the war in Ukraine below. Grid originally published this document on March 24, the one-month anniversary of the war. We update it every Thursday to provide a fuller picture of the conflict.
Civilians killed: at least 6,700 (probably thousands more)
Ukrainian soldiers killed: at least 13,000
Russian soldiers killed: 5,937 to more than 96,000
Total displaced Ukrainians: more than 14 million
Internally displaced Ukrainians: more than 6.5 million
An overview of the violence
Global food markets: Wheat prices down as of Wednesday, after weeks of fluctuation
Recent Grid coverage
- ‘No Dumb Questions’: Why has the war in Ukraine lasted so long? (Dec. 7)
- Putin’s propagandists have a new message about Ukraine: If we don’t win, we’ll all be tried for war crimes (Dec. 6)
- Dispatch from Kherson: Inside Ukraine’s battle to win the infrastructure war (Dec. 5)
- The Crimea question: Why Ukraine’s final battle might be the Western alliance’s toughest test (Dec. 2)
- Ukraine has an insatiable need for ammunition, but the doesn’t have an endless supply (Nov. 29)
Learn more: Grid’s 360s on the Ukraine War
- 360: What led to Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II
- 360: Casualty of war in Ukraine: The global food supply
- 360: War in Ukraine: How we got here — and what may come next
- 360: Russia’s billionaires: Who they are, what they own — and can they influence Vladimir Putin?
- 360: Why danger still looms at Ukraine’s nuclear power plants
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