| Title: | U.S. spending in Afghanistan dwarfs aid to Ukraine |
| URL: | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/27/instagram-posts/us-spending-afghanistan-dwarfs-aid-ukraine/ |
| Publisher: | PolitiFact |
| Date published: | January 27, 2023 |
| Description: | Congress has approved about $111 billion in aid to Ukraine since the country was invaded by Russia in February 2022. During a 20-year entanglement in Afghanistan, the U.S. spent between $825 billion and $2.3 trillion, depending on the source of the estimate and what’s being included. Even taking the lower estimate of $825 billion, the U.S. would have spent $714 billion more in Afghanistan than in aid to Ukraine. We rate the claim that the amount the U.S. has spent in Ukraine is “double the U.S. expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan” False. |
U.S. spending in Afghanistan dwarfs aid to Ukraine
Congress has approved about $111 billion in aid to Ukraine since the country was invaded by Russia in February 2022.
During a 20-year entanglement in Afghanistan, the U.S. spent between $825 billion and $2.3 trillion, depending on the source of the estimate and what's being included.
Even taking the lower estimate of $825 billion, the U.S. would have spent $714 billion more in Afghanistan than in aid to Ukraine.
We rate the claim that the amount the U.S. has spent in Ukraine is "double the U.S. expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan" False.
