The United States They failed to keep track of all the war material sent in Ukraine. American officials failed to ensure proper Pentagon surveillance, according to a report released by the Pentagon on Thursday Eeum system (Advanced End-Use Monitoring) of man-portable rocket launchers, night vision goggles, attack drones and other equipment for a total a trillion of dollars.
This database is used for devices containing weapons sensitive technologies or that they are easy to steal and smuggle. According to the report, which examined $1.7 billion worth of materials that fell into these categories and were shipped into the country from 2014 to June 2023, “The Department of Defense has implemented the Eeum Item Tracking Program requirements in in a hostile environment.” It appears that in many cases the officers responsible for surveillance were unable to enter the building serial number of weapons within the system and who did not comply Follow-up actions which are required by the stricter standards. However, the document states that the devices on the Eeum list are often sent to Ukraine “within a few days” for combat use there. According to a source in the Pentagon office in Kyiv, there are “no safe ways” to create inventories at the front, so weapons and equipment can only be monitored when they are at the front Logistics warehouse in Eastern Europe.
There is currently no evidence that U.S. technology has been smuggled to other countries or war zones. “The lack of a full accounting does not prevent the United States government from reasonably concluding that Ukraine is in compliance with our accounting Requirements regarding the use, transfer and security of received assets,” said Under Secretary of Defense Alexandra Baker. But the news came at a complicated time for the Biden administration and could have serious implications for the future of military aid to Kyiv.
In fact, Congress has been in session for weeks barn for the Republicans' resistance to sending more war material to the invaded country. Furthermore, public interest in the war has declined significantly over the years. “I'm sure people will have questions about it. And if it's not there transparencyThen it will be a problem,” said Republican Rep. Deb Fischer, head of the Senate Strategic Forces Subcommittee. Josh Hawley, Donald Trump's ally and always critical critic of aid to Ukraine, echoed this by saying, “We're going to find ourselves in a situation like that.”Afghanistan or worse, from Vietnam“when large amounts of US funds were diverted and arms shipments ended up in the hands of the enemy.