Potential losses of $ 1 billion: Pentagon has not tracked secret weapons in Ukraine - NYT

According to journalists, the Pentagon was unable to report about 40,000 weapons - the secrecy of technology and the small size make them an attractive purpose of smugglers. The US Defense Defense has improperly monitored the supply of manual missiles, Dronov-Kamikadze and night vision devices in Ukraine worth more than $ 1 billion. In this regard, there were fears of theft and smuggling of the mentioned weapons.

This is stated in the new report of representatives of the Pentagon, writes The New York Times. Journalists claim that in the report of the US General Inspector of the US Defense Ministry, published on Thursday, January 11, there is no evidence that any of the weapons were used unbounded after correction to the US military logistics center in Poland and further to Ukraine. "The tasks of our assessment did not include whether such assistance was redirected," the report said.

At the same time, it turned out that representatives of the Ministry of Defense and diplomats in Washington and Europe were unable to report quickly or fully about 40,000 units of weapons. By law, all this had to be under close control. The secrecy of technology and the small size make them the attractive goal of smugglers. The report was transferred to the congress on Wednesday, and they were copied with the journalists of The New York Times.

The edited version of the document was officially published on Thursday, January 11. It is reported that a high percentage of weapons, or not reported immediately in government databases, "may increase the risk of theft or redirection. " The report concludes that even with more sophisticated ways of monitoring, it will be difficult to track additional supply, "since their [Ukraine] inventory stocks continue to change", and over time in the sense of accuracy of calculations will be more difficult.

The weapons described in the report - only a small part of military equipment worth about $ 50 billion, which the United States has been handed over to Ukraine since 2014. The main weapons were transferred after the start of a full -scale invasion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Let it be there, the investigation of the Pentagon indicates an attempt to record US military assistance, which is a high risk.

According to journalists, more and more legislators who are skeptical of the idea that the US should be the main military donor of Ukraine, oppose the sending of additional assistance to Kiev and demand more accountability. The report does not refer to how many of the 39,39 arms, which belong to the high risk category and are transferred to Ukraine before and after a full -scale invasion, are considered related to violation of the law (Delinquent).

But potential losses are estimated at about $ 1 billion from a total amount of 1. 69 billion. Make sure that weapons are used, writing journalists. The necessary accountability procedures are "impractical in the dynamic and dangerous environment of wartime", wrote on November 15. Deputy Minister of Defense on Political Issues Alexander N. Baker in his recall for an earlier version of the report.

She also pointed out that the US Embassy lacks the US defense department so that it was possible to easily track the most creative weapons and equipment, which, according to her, in Ukraine more than 50,000 units, "and this figure is growing. " We will remind that on January 8, German Chancellor Olaf Solz called assistance to Ukraine for 2024 insufficient and urged EU countries to pass more.