US weapons sales in Europe are booming as Russia continues its war in Ukraine
A senior US defense official and senior US military official said US military personnel are now in Ukraine to help track down billions of dollars in weapons and equipment that the United States has sent since the start of the Russian offensive.
Led by Brig. Gen. Garrick Harmon Officials said inspections have begun with the help of General Garrick Harmon, the US Defense Attaché in Ukraine, the Office of Defense Cooperation Personnel who returned to the US embassy in Ukraine. US The U.S. conducted similar checks on aid before the war, but they stayed for months after the Russian invasion on 24 February.
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“Many of these inspections have taken place,” according to the senior defense official, who declined to give details on the locations of the on-site inspections. The official said Ukrainians have been “very transparent” and supporting the inspection.
NBC News did not confirm how many members of the US military are in Ukraine to conduct inspections, the number of inspections they have completed or when the program has resumed.
These inspectors in Ukraine appear to be some of the first members of the US military to re-enter the Eastern European country since the start of the war, outside military guards stationed at the US embassy in the capital, Kyiv. The Pentagon ordered the withdrawal of American troops in Ukraine on February 14, 10 days before the invasion – as the crisis escalated.
The oversight has been led by Russia and some Republicans in Congress, alleging that weapons and military equipment shipped to Ukraine ended up on the black market. Acting as a rebuttal to these concerns, the Biden administration released a plan last week that will aim to take a closer look at the aid it has sent.
The defense official said the US has seen no evidence of the weapons being transported to the black market or used for anything other than their original purpose, but the Pentagon and the State Department are aware of those risks and are trying to prevent it. are doing.
“So far, there is an assessment of the intense internal demand for battlefield use by Ukrainian military and security forces within Ukraine to disrupt the black-market proliferation of small arms and guided infantry weapons,” the State Department said. stated in the document.
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US weapons sales in Europe are booming as Russia continues its war in Ukraine
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