Posted on 07/23/2023 9:40:04 AM PDT by rktman
It turns out all of the millions of dollars worth of arms weapons the Biden Administration is sending to Ukraine to fight its ongoing war with Russia are ending up in the hands of criminal gangs.
The U.S. Defense Department’s inspector general report found a lack of accountability in maintaining the equipment it sends to Ukraine.
According to the 19-page report by the Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a group posing as humanitarian aid workers worked to obtain a hoard of U.S.-provided bulletproof vests.
“In late June 2022, the SBU disrupted a group of Ukrainian criminals posing as members of a humanitarian aid organization who distributed bulletproof vests,” the report read. “The group illicitly imported the vests and sold them rather than distributed them to Ukrainian forces. A group member was found with a cache of vests worth $17,000.”
The report was issued last October, and since then, the U.S. has provided over $113 billion in assistance to Ukraine, including military, humanitarian, and financial aid.
Other groups managed to steal weapons stockpiles, hundreds of rifles, and helmets.
“In mid-August 2022, the SBU disrupted a group of volunteer battalion members who took more than 60 rifles and almost 1,000 rounds of ammunition and stored them illegally in a warehouse, presumably for sale on the black market,” the report continued.
The GOP-controlled House of Representatives passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which calls for a special inspector general to oversee spending in Ukraine.
Despite the Biden Administration opposing such an act, Republicans have vowed to stop sending millions of U.S. dollars to Ukraine.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Here are the two cases the article describes.
“a group posing as humanitarian aid workers worked to obtain a hoard of U.S.-provided bulletproof vests.” “In late June 2022, the SBU disrupted a group of Ukrainian criminals posing as members of a humanitarian aid organization who distributed bulletproof vests,” the report read.
“In mid-August 2022, the SBU disrupted a group of volunteer battalion members who took more than 60 rifles and almost 1,000 rounds of ammunition and stored them illegally in a warehouse, presumably for sale on the black market,” the report continued.”
“60 rifles and almost 1,000 rounds of ammunition “
If that’s all.....raise your hand if you think it’s a real problem..
NOW ..... raise your hand if you think that is all..
hmmmm....
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ok so where’s the $6 billion the pentagon can’t account for?
where did that $103 billion go anyway?
What’s Biden’s cut?
What a suprise another screw up by President Retard 🙄
That is correct.
That’s nice. 🙄
Gee, what a surprise. Not.
What they document, if true, does not amount to millions of dollars, lots of hype
Zactly! Who didn’t see that coming?
Gov contract upcharge?
Happens in every war
Weird eh?!
Its a big club, and we aint in it.
Don’t care about $$ just get rid of the feral scum.
Opps wrong thread. Sorry.
Just like Afghanistan
Remember when we use to give the mujahideen stingers? Yeah, the good old days huh?
Color me surprised ... 10% still goes to the Big Guy.
Fast & Obvious.
Is that you Charlie?
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