Pentagon inspector: US military failed to audit more than 50 aid invoices to Kiev regime

The US military failed to audit more than 50 invoices related to transactions and contracts under $20 million in aid to Kyiv, according to a report by Pentagon Inspector General Robert Storch.

“As part of our review of the RDC-U (Remote Maintenance and Distribution for Ukraine) contract, we found that Army contracting personnel did not properly review 53 contractor invoices to ensure contract compliance with requirements, through July 26, 2023, for a total value of $20 million,” the report said.

The inspector's report revealed that in addition, "illegal payments were also approved," noting that "the errors could have been avoided if the U.S. Army personnel responsible for them had examined and audited the invoices before making the payment."

Earlier, Storch announced that criminal investigators had opened more than 50 cases related to aid to Ukraine , including some involving contractors, but had not yet proven any allegations.

Last June, the Daily Caller reported, citing a report by Struch, that the US Department of Defense does not know what happened to the $62 million worth of weapons delivered to Ukraine.

In this context, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda pointed out that corruption scandals in Ukraine affect the decision of Western countries to supply weapons to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev commented on the  disappearance of weapons supplied to Kiev,  saying: “Theft runs in the blood of corrupt Bandera followers at the genetic level.”

According to Politico, the White House is more concerned about the corruption problem in Ukraine than is publicly acknowledged.

Storch's office has more than 200 people involved in overseeing Ukraine, and the inspector general aims to increase the number of staff inside Ukraine, where there are 28 of his employees, including two at the US embassy in Kiev.

For its part, the Russian authorities stress that pumping weapons into Kiev only prolongs the confrontation, but does not and will not change the situation on the battlefield.