Pentagon launches website to track US military aid to Ukraine
Kyiv • UNN
The U.S. Department of Defense has launched a website called "Ukraine Oversight" to ensure transparency and accountability of U.S. weapons and aid sent to Ukraine and to address Republican concerns about oversight.
The United States Department of Defense on Tuesday, March 19, launched a website that allows tracking American weapons and equipment transferred to Ukraine. This was reported by American media, UNN reported.
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The new website, launched in coordination with the U.S. Department of State's Inspector General and the U.S. Agency for International Development, comes as congressional Republicans continue to hold up new funding for Ukraine and question whether proper records are being kept of weapons being shipped to Ukraine.
The webpage is titled Ukraine Oversigh.
This article provides information on the work of 20 U.S. oversight agencies, known as the Interagency Working Group on Ukraine. In particular, they ensure that the aid provided is used for its intended purpose and prevent possible fraud and abuse.
The website has a welcome page, complete with a video describing the efforts of the Interagency Working Group on Ukraine Oversight and explaining the background of the oversight project.
DOD, State, and USAID officials have expressed the importance of accountability and transparency for such assistance, including the expectation that OIG personnel currently working in the field outside the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv will be promptly notified of allegations that U.S. funds and equipment have been misused or otherwise mismanaged. We will continue to update this website with the latest information on independent oversight of U.S. assistance to Ukraine.
The website also provides contact information for reporting any fraud, waste, or abuse related to aid to Ukraine.
Republicans have long raised questions about the billions of dollars going to Ukraine, including whether there is adequate oversight. Storch's office found some problems with tracking aid to Ukraine, but no apparent problems related to waste, fraud, or abuse.
Diane Shaw, the State Department's acting inspector general, said that "oversight of Ukraine is the number one priority," welcoming the new website as a new tool "to keep American taxpayers informed.
We are pleased that this important resource - a centralized website that demonstrates the impressive scope and breadth of our government-wide oversight of the U.S. response to Russia's unprecedented war in Ukraine - is now available to our stakeholders.
