Title: | U.S. Spent Much More in Afghan War Than in Support for Ukraine So Far, Contrary to Online Claim |
URL: | https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/u-s-spent-much-more-in-afghan-war-than-in-support-for-ukraine-so-far-contrary-to-online-claim/ |
Publisher: | FactCheck.org |
Date published: | February 3, 2023 |
Description: | The U.S. spent more than $849 billion in the 20-year war in Afghanistan and has spent about $113 billion to support Ukraine since Russia invaded in 2022. But a video on social media falsely claims that the aid for Ukraine is “double the U.S. expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan.” |
U.S. Spent Much More in Afghan War Than in Support for Ukraine So Far, Contrary to Online Claim
The U.S. spent more than $849 billion in the 20-year war in Afghanistan and has spent about $113 billion to support Ukraine since Russia invaded in 2022. But a video on social media falsely claims that the aid for Ukraine is “double the U.S. expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan.”