Lithuania will allocate at least 0.25% of GDP for the defense of Ukraine

Lithuania will allocate at least 0.25% of the gross domestic product (GDP) to support the security and defense of Ukraine.

This was announced by the President of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda.

"Today, at a meeting of the State Defense Council, we agreed to allocate at least 0.25% of GDP to support the security and defense of Ukraine. Lithuania will continue to firmly support Ukraine to victory. We will always support freedom," Nauseda said.

• From the beginning of Russiaʼs full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, military and humanitarian support from Lithuania was estimated to be 1.5% of the countryʼs GDP, i.e. no less than a billion dollars.