European countries currently spend more money buying Russian gas than they provide in aid to Ukraine.

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• The clearest quantitative match is for the third year of the war (2024-early 2025): CREA data show €21.9bn spent on Russian fossil fuels versus €18.7bn in financial aid to Ukraine. This is the most recent full comparison found; the MEP's 2026 'currently' framing is not directly documented by the sources located.
• The Kyiv Post analysis indicates that cumulative payments for Russian fossil fuels exceeded total aid to Ukraine only up to December 2025, while in 2025 Europe increased its funding for Kyiv to about €72.8 billion — suggesting that in a single recent year, aid may have exceeded Russian fuel payments.
• The CREA metric covers Russian fossil fuels (oil and gas), not 'gas' alone; the claim narrows this to 'Russian gas', which is a broader/looser match than the underlying data.
• Sources are secondary journalism citing the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and a Greenpeace report; no primary Eurostat/CREA dataset was directly retrieved within the search budget.
• A parallel Greenpeace finding shows that four EU states (France, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands) paid Russia more for LNG (€34.3bn, 2022-June 2025) than they gave in bilateral aid (€21.2bn), which supports the claim only at the level of specific member states rather than the whole EU.

Sources

• SecondaryEurotodayLast year, the EU spent 21.9 billion Euros on Russian fossil fuels, surpassing the 18.7 billion Euros sent to Ukraine in financial assistance, as reported by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).
• SecondaryBusiness & Human Rights Resource CentreThe EU is spending more money on Russian fossil fuels than on financial aid to Ukraine, a report marking the third anniversary of the invasion has found. The EU bought €21.9bn (£18.1bn) of Russian oil and gas in the third year of the war, according to estimates from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).
• SecondaryKyiv PostIn the first years of Russia's full-scale invasion, until December 2025, the cumulative amount Europe paid for Russian fossil fuels was higher than the total aid sent to Ukraine. In 2025, Europe increased its funding for Kyiv to €72.8 billion ($84.4 billion), filling the gap left by...
• SecondaryKyiv PostFrance, Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands collectively paid Russia more for liquefied natural gas (LNG) than they contributed in bilateral aid to Kyiv between 2022 and June 2025, according to a new report by Greenpeace. The report ... claims that while the four countries imported Russian LNG worth €34.3 billion ($40.3bn), they ... [gave about €21.2 billion in aid].