{"id":1775372,"date":"2022-12-14T16:33:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T21:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1775372"},"modified":"2022-12-14T16:33:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T21:33:14","slug":"state-department-struggling-to-track-ukraine-aid-relying-on-ukrainian-soldiers-remote-staffers-to-keep-tabs-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-struggling-to-track-ukraine-aid-relying-on-ukrainian-soldiers-remote-staffers-to-keep-tabs-report\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department Struggling To Track Ukraine Aid, Relying On Ukrainian Soldiers, Remote Staffers To Keep Tabs: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-department-struggling-to-track-ukraine-aid-relying-on-ukrainian-soldiers-remote-staffers-to-keep-tabs-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1775372&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. government is struggling to keep track of the billions of dollars sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a>, even relying on Ukrainian forces and staffers to keep tabs on how the money is being used, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/state-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Department<\/a> communications obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/12\/14\/us-ukraine-aid-cable-00073803\">POLITICO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A \u201csensitive but unclassified\u201d State Department cable reviewed by the news outlet showed that the Biden administration plans to rely on the Ukrainian army to \u201cconduct its own inspections\u201d for how the over $50 billion in U.S. aid is being used. The Biden administration will reportedly rely on a U.S. firm beginning in February to help the government by keeping tabs on how the Ukrainians use American dollars and military equipment for up to three years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the cable, the Biden administration also depends on Ukrainian staffers \u2014 many of whom aren\u2019t even in the country \u2014 to coordinate with a senior embassy official and oversee U.S. aid.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department cable mentioned \u201ca commercial smartphone app\u201d it uses in a public-private partnership project that helps the U.S. government track its assistance to the European country, according to POLITICO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe app will provide reliable, tangible evidence that assistance is reaching intended recipients, even in locales too dangerous or difficult for program implementer staff to reach,\u201d the State Department cable from the U.S. embassy in Kyiv states.<\/p>\n<p>Ideally, U.S.-trained inspectors would be on the ground in Ukraine to ensure American aid is being used properly, but the State Department cited the unpredictable environment on the ground in Ukraine as a reason it\u2019s pursuing different ways to oversee how U.S. money and weapons are handled by the Ukrainians. Finding contractors willing to go into high-risk areas to help the government\u2019s oversight has also been problematic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbove all, kinetic activity and active combat between Ukrainian and Russian forces create an environment in which standard verification measures are sometimes impracticable or impossible,\u201d the cable, signed by U.S. Ambassador Bridget Brink, says.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous Republican lawmakers have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/republican-lawmakers-demand-more-accountability-over-ukrainian-aid-after-cbs-report\">demanded<\/a> greater oversight of U.S. spending in the Ukraine-Russia conflict, and Russia has labeled U.S. aid to Ukraine an \u201cimmediate threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following a CBS report in August that found that some U.S. aid was not reaching its intended target in Ukraine, GOP representatives blasted Washington elites who continue to send money to Ukraine and expect solutions.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Jonas Ohman, the president of an organization moving aid into Ukraine, told CBS Reports that only \u201c30-40%\u201d of aid was making it to its intended destination. He also said that his group, which does not supply weapons, had to avoid various factions in the country playing \u201cpower games\u201d to deliver the aid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis news shouldn\u2019t surprise anyone. Like it does with everything else, Congress threw tens of billions of dollars at a problem, patted itself on the back, and called it a day,\u201d Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) told The Daily Wire. \u201cThis way of doing things has to stop. I am willing to consider measures to support our allies, but I was elected by the people of this country, not anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. government is struggling to keep track of the billions of dollars sent to Ukraine, even relying on Ukrainian forces and staffers to keep tabs on how the money is being used, according to State Department communications obtained by POLITICO. 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