According to the report, the US Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) in Ukraine “cannot tell which of these items were lost and which were destroyed”. The Ukrainian army has not yet provided clarification, it adds.
The ODC works in partnership with Ukraine’s Defense Ministry and Armed Forces to provide equipment and training to Kiev in its conflict with Russia. Ukraine’s army reports to the ODC on the use of the American-supplied equipment.
The Office of the Inspector General also found that loss reports were filed after an average of 301 days, approximately 10 times longer than the required timeframe.
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The Pentagon has had consistent problems tracking U.S. aid to Ukraine since the country’s war with Russia began in 2022.
US can’t trace millions in Ukraine military: Report
The US Defense Department is unable to locate $62 million worth of weapons given to Ukraine amid war with Russia, according to a report.
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The watchdog found that as of late November last year, a total $62.2 million in hardware designated for enhanced end-use monitoring (EEUM) was reported as missing. Among them are night vision devices, Javelin anti-tank missiles, and missile launch units.
The ODC works in partnership with Ukraine’s Defense Ministry and Armed Forces to provide equipment and training to Kiev in its conflict with Russia. Ukraine’s army reports to the ODC on the use of the American-supplied equipment.
- The Office of the Inspector General also found that loss reports were filed after an average of 301 days, approximately 10 times longer than the required timeframe.
The report noted that it was beyond the scope of the probe to determine whether there have been “diversions” of military assistance. Allegations of criminal conduct regarding US arms sent to Ukraine are being investigated, it said.
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US did not properly track more than $1 billion worth of weapons sent to Ukraine, watchdog report finds
JAKE SMITH CONTRIBUTOR June 26, 2024
(U) Evaluation of the DoD’s Accountability of Lost or Destroyed Defense Articles Provided to Ukraine Requiring Enhanced End‑Use Monitoring (64-Page PDF
“The absence of timely and complete EEUM loss reporting, along with the lack of thorough analysis of the loss reports, impedes the DoD’s understanding of any potential violations on EEUM‑designated defense articles,” the inspector general report reads. “This increases the risk that the DoD could lose accountability over EEUM‑designated defense articles provided to Ukraine.”
TOPSHOT – Employees unload a plane with a new US security assistance provided to Ukraine, at Kyiv’s airport Boryspil on January 25, 2022. – The US has stepped up security assistance to Ukraine, amid fear of Russian invasion with Russia’s build-up of tens of thousands of troops on Ukraine’s border. (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
The U.S. European Command’s (USEUCOM) Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) hadn’t consistently obtained routine or thorough loss reports from Ukrainian forces, despite in-place protocols and standards, according to the inspector general report. On average, the time it took from the initial loss of a “defense” item to the time of the final loss report was 301 days, when requirements call for a roughly 30-day report.
Additionally, the U.S. forces tasked with tracking did not conduct a proper analysis of existing loss reports for the risk of weapons being captured by Russian forces, according to the report. The report was unable to ascertain whether U.S. weapons assistance had been diverted, noting that the OIG “continues to investigate allegations of criminal conduct regarding U.S. Security assistance to Ukraine.”
The Pentagon’s inspector general has identified previous problems with keeping track of U.S.-provided weapons to Ukraine. An investigation, the results of which were released in January, found that U.S. defense and diplomatic officials had improperly tracked more than $1 billion in weapons aid, representing roughly 69% of the $1.6 billion in assistance that had been designated for end-use tracking.
Servicemen of Ukrainian Military Forces load a flat bed truck with boxes as US made FIM-92 Stinger missiles (Front), a man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS), that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM), are stacked after being shipped in to Boryspil Airport in Kyiv on February 13, 2022. (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
“Achieving a complete picture of EEUM-designated defense articles in Ukraine will be difficult as the inventory continues to change, and accuracy and completeness will likely only become more difficult over time,” the January report reads.
The U.S. has sent more than $70 billion worth of weapons assistance to Ukraine since the country’s war with Russia broke out in 2022. Ukraine has looked to its Western allies to provide weapons as its own defense industrial base is not as advanced or large as Russia’s.
Over $1 billion of the weapons and military aid that the Biden administration has sent to Ukraine could be underperforming and taken off the front lines of the war, including tanks, drones, rocket systems and bombs, the Daily Caller News Foundation previously reported.
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