Western nations, including the United States, have sent millions of dollars of military aid to Ukraine amid Russian invasion which started on February 24 last year. But the Pentagon overestimated the value of the ammunition, missiles and other equipment that the US sent to Ukraine, news agency Reuters reported citing a Senate aide and a defence official. The report stated that the Pentagon and US State Department officials told congressional staff members that the revised accounting frees up $3 billion worth of weapons. One of the senior defence officials said as per Reuters that "we've discovered inconsistencies in how we value the equipment that we've given" to Ukraine. US senator Roger Wicker, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said, “The Department of Defense's change in evaluating the costs of arms sent to Ukraine is a major mistake.

Source: Hindustan Times May 19, 2023 16:07 UTC