The GAO says the quiet part out loud: nobody actually knows how much corruption there is in Ukraine’s use of US military aid.
Quelle surprise! Who could have guessed that in the midst of a desperate war in a notoriously corrupt country that unknown quantities of expensive, high-tech military aid might fall through the cracks.
GAO: ‘Unclear’ if Pentagon Tracking Reports of Misused Aid in Ukraine https://t.co/dWKO36JCPi
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) March 15, 2024
Let’s be clear: the GAO is not saying that billions of aid are being diverted into the pockets of Ukraine’s famously corrupt elite. Rather, it is saying that nobody knows and nobody is looking to find out.
While the Pentagon has assured Congress that no U.S. military equipment sent to Ukraine has been diverted, stolen, or otherwise misappropriated, a new report from the Government Accountability Office could not…
