Pentagon Report Reveals Poor Tracking of US Military Aid to Ukraine

Potential loss of about $1 billion worth of weapons, fueling skepticism in Congress over further aid

A Pentagon report reveals that US military aid to Ukraine was poorly tracked, with up to 60% of the arms and equipment provided as of June 2023 being 'delinquent' due to delays in inventory or not being added to the tracking database.
The report, which did not investigate whether any weapons had been diverted for illicit use, estimates a potential loss of about $1 billion of the total $1.69 billion worth of weapons sent to Ukraine.
The findings could fuel skepticism in Congress over providing more military aid to Ukraine, with House Republicans already blocking a national security spending plan that would provide an additional $61 billion for the war effort.
Despite the poor tracking by US officials, the report found that Ukrainian military officials were more assiduous about updating their inventories of the equipment received.
The report highlights the challenges of accounting for each of the thousands of weapons sent to Ukraine, given the chaos of combat, the risk of traveling to battlefields, and the lack of staff in Washington, Ukraine, and at a logistics hub in Poland.