Throughout the course of the full-scale invasion, Odesa has been consistently supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine. From February 24, 2022, to July 1, 2025, the city budget has allocated 5.5 billion UAH to combat the aggression from the Russian Federation.
The majority of expenditures have been directed towards supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine, defense forces, and security measures.
Starting from October 2023, due to legislative changes, income tax from military personnel and law enforcement has been removed from city budgets.
This has resulted in over 1 billion UAH per year now being transferred to the state for centralized procurement of drones and electronic warfare systems.
Despite the withdrawal of some resources and budget limitations, Odesa city council members unanimously support decisions to continue aiding the military. The priority remains with units deployed at the forefront.
The largest funding for measures against the Russian aggression was allocated in 2024 — 2.16 billion UAH. In the first half of 2025, 632.9 million UAH has already been financed, with an additional 732.7 million UAH planned by the end of the year, including requests from military units.
Odesa has received multiple acknowledgments from the military, including from Territorial Defense brigades, for its ongoing support and assistance.
Under the Ukrainian Law on “The Basics of National Resistance” and the City Program for Assistance to Territorial Defense, material and technical support has been provided to Odesa brigades totaling over 379 million UAH: vehicles, drones, EW systems, boats, digital technology, gear, first aid kits, charging stations, generators, radios, cameras, simulators, laundry complexes, containers, and more.
In 2025, 91.4 million UAH is allocated for meeting requests from any Territorial Defense units (regardless of territorial affiliation) as part of the City Targeted Program. In 2024, nearly 11.4 million UAH was allocated from the city budget to support NGOs that fulfilled requests from Territorial Defense for EW systems and drones, with an additional 50 million UAH planned for 2025.
The city is also developing veteran policies: providing rehabilitation services, creating barrier-free environments, supporting families of the deceased and people with disabilities, and organizing funerals for heroes.
Moreover, one-time aid is provided to mobilized contract soldiers. Considering the regular enemy shelling, Odesa also offers material assistance to residents for repairing damaged windows and doors; restoring damaged residential buildings, schools, kindergartens, critical and road infrastructure, maintaining and repairing shelters and alert systems, and supporting internally displaced persons.
