Criminals, Russian-Led Group Pilfered Weapons, Supplies Meant for Ukraine: Declassified Pentagon IG Report

Servicemen of Ukrainian Military Forces move U.S. made FIM-92 Stinger missiles, a man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS), that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM), and the other military assistance shipped from Lithuania to Boryspil Airport in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 13, 2022. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images

Many of the weapons and supplies intended for the front lines in Ukraine have wound up in the hands of arms traffickers and other criminal organizations, according to a newly released report by the Department of Defense’s inspector general.

Last fall, the DOD inspector general circulated an internal report that found problems accounting for the weapons and aid the United States had been sending to Ukraine.