Local media quoted Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen as saying in response to the National Defense Committee that aid to Ukraine will be reduced to 9.4 billion kroner ($1.5 billion) next year, compared to 16.5 billion kroner ($2.6 billion) spent this year.
This is a major decrease in Denmark's spending to support the Ukrainian army in the conflict with Russia.
aid reached its peak last year when Copenhagen allocated nearly 19 billion kroner ($3 billion) to Kiev. The downward trend is forecast to continue, with plans to spend only about 1.1 billion kroner in 2027 and 1 billion kroner ($156 million) in 2028.
Denmark has become one of the top military donors to Ukraine, with a total expenditure of more than 70 billion kroner ($11 billion) since the conflict between Moscow and Kiev broke out.
Although this figure is much lower than the US, Germany or the UK, Denmark is still at the top when calculating GDP, having spent more than 2% of GDP to support Kiev. Copenhagen has established a Ukraine Fund framework, which determines the level of support the country can provide.
However, the reason for the decline is the difficulty in supplementing funds and Denmark is also looking to shift from pure aid to cooperation in arms production with Ukrainian companies.
This week, Ukraine's leading defense corporation, Fire Point, began construction of a military industrial facility in Denmark, likely to become the first Ukrainian-owned military factory in NATO territory.
The announcement was overshadowed by a $100 million corruption scandal in Ukraine, in which Fire Point is also being investigated for bribes to officials, price increases and false reports on deliveries.
Defense Minister Poulsen admitted that Copenhagen was concerned about the scandal and was waiting for an explanation from Kiev regarding Fire Point, but affirmed that the facility to be built in Denmark was not directly involved in the incident because it was run by a local subsidiary.
For its part, Russia has long criticized the persistent flow of Western military aid to Kiev, saying it would only prolong the conflict without changing the outcome.
