A recent Pentagon report has brought to light that over $1 billion in military aid sent to Ukraine by the United States has not been properly accounted for.
The Defense Department report, which was presented to Congress on Thursday and obtained by The New York Times, reveals serious lapses in the tracking of critical weapons systems amidst heated congressional debates regarding additional support for Ukraine.
The unaccounted-for arsenal includes advanced shoulder-fired missiles, sophisticated kamikaze drones, and state-of-the-art night vision devices.
These items are classified as “high-risk” due to their advanced technology and the ease with which they could be transported and potentially fall into the wrong hands.
According to the findings of the report:
While the DoD has improved execution of Enhanced End-Use Monitoring (EEUM) since the full‑scale invasion began in February 2022, the DoD did not fully comply with the EEUM program requirements for defense article accountability in a hostile environment.
Office of Defense Cooperation–Ukraine (ODC‑Ukraine) personnel have not been able to conduct initial inventories on all EEUM‑designated defense articles within 90 days of arrival.
Although ODC‑Ukraine and Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel conducted some required inventories, as of June 2, 2023, serial number inventories for more than $1.005 billion of the total $1.699 billion (59 percent of the total value) of EEUM‑designated defense articles remained delinquent.
Additionally, the DoD did not maintain an accurate inventory of Ukrainian EEUM‑designated defense articles in the Security Cooperation Information Portal–End‑Use Monitoring (SCIP‑EUM) database.
According to the report, of nearly 40,000 arms delivered to Ukraine, a substantial proportion has not been adequately monitored.
The lack of oversight has raised significant concerns, especially considering the potential for these weapons to be trafficked on the black market.
2 comments:
More waste of taxpayer's money via the military industrial complex.
What constituents stealing versus waste? When the populace has had many a great jobs negated by elements/Agenda's via Gov./Corporations, when inflation, interest, food, gas prices, are all high, when USA gives money to Illegals of which comprise of criminals, terrorists, cartels, trafficker's, AID to countries that use it for selves/weapons than their people, and on and on, ask why?
Why is our Nation being ran so ineffectively, even lawlessly, IMO? In my opinion, life is about balance, oversight, accountability using logic versus greed in the equation, as reputed. To tolerate further our broken, nonfunctional system, is not sustainable, in my opinion. Pray, pray elections are fair yielding some decency in choices, and pray God Blesses America!
Evil versus Good, wickedness need fought in our Spiritual Battle of Warfare ongoing, IMO. Living joyful in the moment, being grateful for one's blessings, family, life, and rising above in the supernatural God provides us direction, protecting our souls; God has a plan!
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