TO RUSSIA, WITH LOVE: U.S. Weapons for Ukraine Intercepted by Russian Criminals; Report

According a report from The Daily Caller, U.S. weapons en route to Ukraine were intercepted by Russian organized crime groups, Ukrainian crooks and unauthorized volunteer battalions.

That’s according to an inspector general report obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation.

“The inability of [Defense Department] personnel to visit areas where equipment provided to Ukraine was being used or stored significantly hampered [Kyiv’s Office of Defense Cooperation]’s ability to execute [end-use monitoring],” according to the DOD Inspector General (IG) report.

In other words, the Biden Administration can’ guarantee all the aide being poured into Ukraine is actually making it into the hands of the soldiers that need it.

The report covers weapon shipments sent between February 2022, when the war started, and September, marking the end of the fiscal year.

From The Daily Caller:

In one instance, a Russian-backed criminal gang in Ukraine obtained a grenade launcher and machine gun, among other systems, according to the watchdog’s audit. An “unspecified Russian official” directed members to join a volunteer fighting group using forged identity documents.

“The perceived intent of the group was to conduct destabilizing activities,” the IG stated. Although it does not directly say the gear came from U.S. stocks, context around the document’s many redactions suggests they originated from the U.S.

A Ukrainian outlaw group illegally imported bullet-resistant vests while posing as a humanitarian organization and sold the equipment, the report found. Members of a Ukrainian volunteer battalion stole 60 rifles and nearly 1,000 rounds of ammunition, also likely for sale on the black market.

In most cases, U.S. forces could not determine where weapons ended up once they were transferred from aircraft at waystations near the Ukrainian border. By the summer of 2022, Ukrainian police were regularly apprehending criminal groups operating heavy weaponry that originated from the U.S. aid, according to the report.

Much of the report is redacted, citing “foreign government information” and “intelligence activities.”

More over at The Daily Caller:

Russians got our weapons? https://t.co/yRwtPf9wol

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 21, 2023

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