Dnipropetrovsk Investment Agency keeps introducing about the level of Ukraine and Dnipropetrovsk region cooperation with other countries amid the unprovoked military aggression by the russian federation. For now, we propose an overview of the assistance provided by Kazakhstan and the foreign trade volume figures, which is derived from DIABASE data.
Kazakhstan supported Ukraine in its war against russia mainly through humanitarian aid and civil resilience support, while maintaining an official line of “neutrality” in the war. This assistance took several forms: state humanitarian aid shipments, deliveries of generators, targeted assistance from businesses and volunteers, and diplomatic signals (non-recognition of annexations/referendums).
Astana tried to balance close ties with russia and the principle of border integrity. Important public statements were made at the diplomatic level: in particular, Kazakhstan did not acknowledge the “referendums” and possible annexation of the occupied territories of Ukraine and stated explicitly that it would not accept such actions.
A particular topic for 2023–2025 is the transit and re-export of dual-use goods. Kazakhstan publicly declares that it should not be a “platform” for circumventing Western sanctions. There have been repeated reports in the media about tighter controls on the re-export/export of sensitive goods. This is indirectly important for Ukraine: the less electronics, machine tools, and components russia receives through “gray” channels, the more difficult it is to maintain military production.
At the beginning of the full-scale war, Kazakhstan sent humanitarian aid to Ukraine in the form of medical supplies worth $2.25 million. In essence, this was “first wave” aid, focused on what saves lives most quickly in a crisis: medicines, consumables, and basic medical supplies.
Generators have become a separate and very practical area of assistance. Ukraine received 41 powerful generators for medical facilities “from the people of Kazakhstan” — distributed to the regions that suffered most from the attacks. This is an important form of assistance, especially in the context of missile strikes on the energy sector: generators directly support the work of operating rooms, intensive care units, and oxygen stations, while reducing humanitarian losses during blackouts.
In 2025, Ukrainian diplomacy in Kazakhstan continued to involve businesses in such deliveries: the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported on another batch of generators that the embassy sent to Ukraine as humanitarian aid from Kazakh companies and entrepreneurs.
Alongside government shipments, volunteer initiatives were operating in the country, collecting and sending humanitarian aid from citizens. Volunteers from Kazakhstan delivered over 550 tons of humanitarian aid (dozens of trucks) collected by Kazakhstani citizens. Such initiatives usually filled the gaps that state channels were unable to fill quickly: clothing, food, hygiene products, targeted medical supplies, and logistics for specific requests from hospitals or communities.
In Dnipro, the Yurt of Invincibility was opened during the winter, serving as a warming center and cultural hub. Here, residents could warm up, drink tea, charge their gadgets, work on their laptops, and learn about Kazakh culture. This was an initiative of the Kazakh diaspora/volunteers, which worked for the city’s residents.
The Republic of Kazakhstan remains a promising trading partner for Dnipropetrovsk region, despite the decline in foreign trade volumes due to the war. The volume of exports of goods from Dnipropetrovsk region amounted to $13.3 million and decreased by 20.8% compared to 2023. The region accounts for 4.8% of Ukraine’s total exports to Kazakhstan. The companies of the country are most interested in plastics and polymers, machinery and equipment, textiles, ferrous metal products and others.
About 70 enterprises in Dnipropetrovsk region exported their products to the Kazakh market, including metallurgical, processing, and mechanical engineering enterprises.
In terms of export volume, the TOP-5 exporting enterprises are the following:
In turn, more than 30 importing companies in the region purchased Kazakh goods, namely: ferrous metals, oil and its distillation products, fertilizers, stone and gypsum products, etc. Imports of goods from Kazakhstan to Dnipropetrovsk region amounted to $20.7 million. The share of the region is 17.2% of the Ukrainian indicator from Kazakhstan.
In terms of import volume, the TOP-5 importing enterprises are the following:
Import operations were mainly carried out by enterprises in the mining and metallurgical, mechanical engineering, food and processing industries.
Source: the information for this article was taken from open online sources.
