{"id":1982434,"date":"2023-07-25T16:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T20:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-failed-to-track-all-military-aid-to-ukraine-as-criminal-gangs-stole-guns-ammo-from-frontlines\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T16:33:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T20:33:42","slug":"u-s-failed-to-track-all-military-aid-to-ukraine-as-criminal-gangs-stole-guns-ammo-from-frontlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-failed-to-track-all-military-aid-to-ukraine-as-criminal-gangs-stole-guns-ammo-from-frontlines\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Fails to Monitor Military Aid to Ukraine, Criminal Gangs Steal Weapons from Frontlines."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fu-s-failed-to-track-all-military-aid-to-ukraine-as-criminal-gangs-stole-guns-ammo-from-frontlines%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=1982434&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--><h2>Report Reveals U.S. Inability \u200bto Track \u2063Weapons Sent to Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A report just made public from the inspector general for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/department-of-defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Defense<\/a> shows that the\u2064 U.S. could not\u2063 track all of the \u2063weapons and military equipment it had sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a> even as criminal gangs in the country have illicitly obtained military weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com\/live_files\/2023\/07\/dod-ig-ukraine.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">report<\/span><\/a>, first filed in October 2022, was just released\u2062 following a Freedom of \u200cInformation Act request from The Heritage Foundation and other outlets and\u2063 comes after lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/republican-lawmakers-demand-more-accountability-over-ukrainian-aid-after-cbs-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">have expressed concerns<\/span><\/a>  over lack of oversight for the billions in U.S. dollars sent to Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDuring \u200dthe evaluation,\u2063 we found\u200c that the DoD was unable to provide end-use monitoring (EUM) in accordance with\u200c DOD policy because of limited U.S. presence in\u2062 Ukraine,\u201d the report says. \u201cTherefore, we are issuing this report identifying the challenges faced \u200dby DoD personnel responsible for conducting EUM and Enhanced EUM \u2063(EEUM) when there are limited or no U.S.\u200c personnel present in the area the equipment is being used.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After describing the inability of the U.S. \u200dto track all of the weapons it had sent\u200c to Ukraine, the report listed several examples of groups in the country obtaining military equipment \u200dfor nefarious purposes, though the origin of the equipment\u200d remained unclear as the \u200breport was heavily redacted.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Examples of Illicit \u2063Weapon Acquisition:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In mid-August 2022, the SBU [Security Service of Ukraine] \u2063 disrupted a\u200c group of volunteer battalion members who\u200c 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.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In late June 2022, the\u2063 SBU disrupted\u2064 a group of arms traffickers who were \u2062selling weapons and\u200d ammunition stolen from the front lines in southern Ukraine.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Members of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-failed-to-track-all-military-aid-to-ukraine-as-criminal-gangs-stole-guns-ammo-from-frontlines\/\" title=\"U.S. Fails to Monitor Military Aid to Ukraine, Criminal Gangs Steal Weapons from Frontlines.\">organized crime group controlled<\/a> by a Russian official were able to obtain ammo and a grenade launcher after joining a volunteer\u2063 Ukraine battalion. The group members\u200d joined a volunteer battalion using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/germany-sees-1000-officer-dawn-raid-against-human-trafficker-organisation\/\" title=\"Germany Sees 1,000-Officer Dawn Raid Against Human Trafficker Organisation\">forged identity documents<\/a> and procured weapons, \u2062including a grenade launcher and a machine gun, and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition. The perceived intent of the group was to conduct destabilizing activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1690368573946000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0SC9MF9lhNsKkAePnLU71p\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since the war began, Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-to-give-ukraine-everything-it-needs-for-as-long-as-it-takes-biden-national-security-adviser-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/were-not-amazon-u-k-defense-chief-suggests-ukraine-should-be-more-grateful-for-aid\/\" title=\"UK Defense Chief: Ukraine Should Show More Gratitude for Aid, Unlike Amazon\">allocated roughly 3 billion<\/a> in aid to \u200bUkraine; \u200cno other country has come close to what the U.S. has \u2063sent. On\u200b Tuesday, the State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/additional-u-s-military-assistance-for-ukraine-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> \u200b that another $400 million\u2062 in arms and equipment would be sent to Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Included in the military aid is the decision from the Biden administration to send Ukraine cluster bombs, a decision that has faced some bipartisan criticism\u2062 due to the nature of the\u2062 bombs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some Republicans, such as Rep. Matt \u2064Gaetz (R-FL) and Marjorie \u2064Taylor\u200c Greene (R-GA), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-passes-military-spending-bill-with-conservative-amendments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have \u2062called<\/a> for a complete end to aid to \u200dUkraine.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recently released report by the Department of Defense&#8217;s inspector general reveals that the U.S. was unable to monitor all weapons and military gear sent to Ukraine. Criminal groups in the country have acquired illicit military weapons. 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