Estonia has procured €200 million in defense goods for Ukraine over two years, keeps recipient firms secret

Estonia's Ministry of Defense is declining to disclose which domestic companies have received funding under its program to support Ukraine, citing security concerns. Ministry spokesperson Ines Edur told ERR that the names of companies selected for the Ukraine aid measure are not made public.

How the selection works

The process is run by the Estonian Center for Defense Investments (RKIK), which opens a tender to any company registered in Estonia that meets its criteria. An expert committee then evaluates applicants, drawing members from the Estonian Defense Forces, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications. A catalog of qualifying companies' products and services is sent to Ukraine, which selects items based on its most pressing needs, after which RKIK signs contracts with the chosen suppliers.

One condition of the measure requires that at least 40 percent of the production process take place in Estonia. Products procured for Ukraine under the program have included unmanned systems, medical equipment and countermeasure systems.

Scale and targets

Over 2025 and 2026, Estonia has procured €200 million worth of defense industry goods for Ukraine through this measure. The government has set a target of supporting Ukraine with at least 0.25 percent of GDP annually, a figure that reached 0.35 percent last year.

Edur noted that the funding is spread across several categories of support. For 2025 and 2026, military aid to Ukraine breaks down as 90 percent for the defense industry procurement measure, 5 percent for the Estonia-Luxembourg-led IT Coalition, with options being explored to channel that funding through Estonian companies, and 5 percent for financing military training of Ukrainian service members.