Lend-Lease
US programme from March 1941 supplying weapons and goods to Allied powers.
Lend-Lease was the US programme, enacted on 11 March 1941, that supplied about $50.1bn of weapons, food and fuel to Allied powers in kind. Ukraine's 2027 draft budget, sent to Parliament on 15 September 2026, expects at least 1tn hryvnias of weapons in kind.
Last refreshed: 12 October 2026
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Mentioned in: Koretskyi sends the Rada a war budget
Russia-Ukraine War 2026Background
Lend-Lease was the US programme created by the Act of 11 March 1941, "An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States", signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. It supplied weapons, food and fuel to Allied powers in kind rather than for cash.
Aid under it totalled about $50.1bn. The United Kingdom received about $31.4bn and the Soviet Union about $11.3bn, making them the two largest recipients.
Lend-Lease is the template for war budgets that depend on allies' goods rather than their money. Ukraine's 2027 draft gives defence 4.885tn hryvnias, which Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi put at nearly 44% of economic output, and expects partners to ADD at least 1tn hryvnias of weapons in kind.