Friday, August 26, 2022

Pentagon Trying To Track US Weapons In Ukraine

FILE PHOTO. A Ukrainian soldier holds a FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile during an exercise. ©Volodymyr Tarasov / Ukrinform via Global Look Presss  

Bloomberg: Torrent of cash for Ukraine arms puts Pentagon watchdog on alert 

As the Pentagon rushes to replenish billions of dollars in weapons sent to Ukraine, its inspector general says he’s on high alert for signs of fraud and abuse in the thousands of contracts being awarded. 

“We have developed a universe of thousands of Ukraine-related contracts” that come in under $2 million each, Acting Inspector General Sean O’Donnell said in an interview. That’s more than 7,800 contracts valued at a combined $2.2 billion, O’Donnell added, even before an approaching deluge of bigger-ticket orders for advanced weapons such as the long-range HIMARS rocket systems prized by Ukrainian troops.

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Update: Pentagon watchdog doubtful Kiev tracks US weapons (RT)  

WNU Editor: Ukraine is in chaos right now where the focus is on fighting a war with everything that you have. Tracking every weapon and ammo shipment is not the priority for Kyiv right now. 

Here are some of the weapons the US has already shipped .... Here’s every weapon US has supplied to Ukraine with $13 billion (FOX 8).

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