More than $1 billion in weapons that were shipped to Ukraine have not been properly tracked by the Pentagon, a report from the Defense Department’s inspector general has found.
The report examined $1.699 billion in weapons sent to Ukraine that are subject to enhanced end-use monitoring (EEUM), which includes Javelin anti-tank missiles, Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, night vision goggles, AIM-9X air-to-air missiles, Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles, and other types of weaponry.
The IG report found that the majority of the EEUM arms, nearly 40,000 weapons in total worth approximately $1.005 billion, have not been accounted for after being sent into Ukraine. Smaller, more portable weapons are subject to EEUM since they’re more likely to be smuggled and sold on the black market.
Robert P. Storch, the Pentagon’s inspector general, said there’s “no record” of inventories being taken. “It doesn’t mean they’re not there, or they’re not being used,” he said, according to The New York Times. “[But] because of their sensitivity, their vulnerability to diversion, or misuse, or the consequences of that, it’s particularly important to have this additional tracking and accountability in place.”
The US policy of pouring weapons into Ukraine has been done with very little oversight, and the shipments examined in the IG report are just a fraction of the over $40 billion in military equipment the US has provided or committed to Ukraine since the Russian invasion last year.
Find them. No more $$$ until it is accounted for by an independent auditor. Scam.
so what if the weapons end up in the wrong hands? the money always ends up in the right pockets
They’re thieves. If we track the money they can’t steal as much. It really is that simple. And if you demand oversight they denounce you as “unpatriotic.”
“War profiteer” used to be the ugliest insult you could use against another human being.
Now it’s just a resume line on Linked In.
40,000 weapons in total worth approximately $1.005 billion, have not been accounted for
Ask Hamas, I’ll bet they know!
So you should be happy. That’s your team getting the weapons.
Who says I’m not?
Neo Nazis in Europe.
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/11/15/blowback-italian-azov-tied-nazi-terror/
The Pentagon is a stealing machine, which can not account for 60% of it’s own assets. Ukraine is more corrupt than our Pentagon, so why would we expect more from them? We have Veterans living on our streets, living in substandard housing, needing better health care and we have no money for them. Our children are the least educated on this planet, but there is no money to educate them. How about those decaying sewer systems, decaying bridges, etc., any money for that? We have CROOKS running our Government, time to vote OUT all the Republicans and Democrats.
Right on dear Ginah!!!
Give us more!!!
A small note: No one is more corrupt than our Pentagon.
I seriously doubt this is an accurate number. Obviously it depends on what is meant by the word track.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organizations_designated_as_terrorist_or_extremist_by_Russia#:~:text=As%20of%205%20July%202022,Al%2DQaeda
What interest in Russian life (politics) could terror group remnants regarding the Azov Battalion, Right Sector Battalion, Al Nusra Front, ISIS, the Caucasus Emirates, and Al Qaeda have toward Moscow, St Petersburg, Sevastapol, and Krasnodar this spring?
I wonder where all those weapons are being smuggled to?
Remember Operation Gladio? They used Nazis and fascist militias to create an “anti-communist” terror army.
Now, they would just be terrorizing anyone that doesn’t go along with the pyramid scheme plan.
But, seriously, where are these weapons going? Do they even care?
Europe’s going to be in for a rough decade or so.
Already sold by Zelboy in black market and the money went to his bank account…!
There was some DOD tool on NPR this morning claiming “Ukraine is currently engaged in military operations so we have no reason to think that these (unaccounted for) weapons were not being used in those operations.”
Awesome news. Thanks for sharing.
It wasn’t so awesome for the Israelis killed by American made weapons sold to them by corrupt Ukrainians.
Why are we not surprised? Where and who do we go to to get our ROI?
I didn’t follow him but read a lot of comments about his coverage in Ukraine:
Gonzalo Lira is dead
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/01/gonzalo-lira-is-dead.html
“The US policy of pouring weapons into Ukraine has been done with very little oversight…”
Wrong, DeCamp. You have no basis for such a broad generalization. The US government has repeatedly reported that there has been multi-agency oversight and that there has been no evidence-none-that the weapons have been misused or wound up in the wrong hands. In general the oversight has been massive. One IG report noting that he could not find the inventories he expected for some types of weapon does not mean they have wound up in the wrong hands or that there have been any abuses. “It doesn’t mean they’re not there, or they’re not being used,” he said
“The US policy of pouring weapons into Ukraine has been done with very little oversight…”
Wrong, DeCamp. You have no basis for such a broad generalization. The US government has repeatedly reported that there has been multi-agency oversight and that there has been no evidence-none-that the weapons have been misused or wound up in the wrong hands. In general the oversight has been massive. One IG report noting that he could not find the inventories he expected for some types of weapon does not mean they have wound up in the wrong hands or that there have been any abuses. “It doesn’t mean they’re not there, or they’re not being used,” he said
“US Didn’t Track Over $1 Billion in Arms to Ukraine”
Don’t worry – confident those weapons will turn up eventually.
Someplace.