Errors in calculations: Delivery of weapons to Ukraine from the United States will increase by two billion dollars

The Accounting Chamber has found accounting errors in the calculations of the Pentagon at the cost of ammunition, missiles and other equipment sent by the Armed Forces. The Pentagon found accounting mistakes worth $ 2 billion in its calculations of ammunition, missiles and other equipment sent to Ukraine, resulting in the total cost of the equipment increased to $ 8. 2 billion, according to the US Government report. Reuters writes about it.

The US Department of Defense faced difficulties in the accurate estimation of the cost of military goods sent to Ukraine due to fuzzy definitions in accounting, according to the new report of the US Accounting Chamber. In 2023, the Pentagon stated that employees used "renewable value" instead of "depreciated value" to calculate the assistance sent to Ukraine.

And they were justified by the fact that "the vague determination of the cost of equipment and equipment in the Law on Foreign Aid and the lack of specific instructions for estimating the reduction of costs led to inconsistencies in the stated cost of military assistance. " As a result, Ukraine can be sent to Ukraine for an additional two billion dollars to cover the amount of assistance approved by the administration of Joe Biden.

In one of the examples given in the Accounting Chamber report, 10 vehicles were estimated at $ 7,050,000, although the supporting documentation showed that they had to be estimated by zero, that is, at their net carrying value. The Accounting Chamber recommended that the Congress clarify the determination of value in the context of defense items in accordance with the President's powers to reduce expenses.

In addition, the House issued seven recommendations to the Ministry of Defense, urging him to update his management, including a section of military assistance assessment in it, and to develop evaluation procedures devoted to components. The Ministry stated that it agreed with all the recommendations and has taken action to solve these problems.

We will remind, earlier the exhibit of Ukraine in Poland Vasyl Zvarych said that Poland provides Ukraine as early as the 45th package of military assistance during the full-scale invasion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It provides a considerable number of ammunition. According to the diplomat, if you take from the beginning of 2022, Warsaw has put at least 44 packages of different types of weapons, equipment, and shells.