Pentagon Cannot Track $1 Billion in Arms It Sent to Ukraine: Report

The United States cannot track more than $1 billion in weapons and other military equipment that it provided to Ukraine, according to a Pentagon audit. Some 59 percent of $1.7 billion in defense gear remains “delinquent,” according to a report by the Pentagon’s inspector general. That gear was subject to enhanced end-use monitoring (EEUM), which requires additional layers of verification and protections for certain items including Stinger and Tomahawk missiles, uncrewed aircraft systems, and small-diameter bombs. The audit says that the Pentagon “did not maintain an accurate inventory” of items and failed to update key databases in a timely manner. Several confounding variables—including a limited number of personnel, restricted movement in Ukraine, and a lack of controls to validate key data—were to blame, the report said....