Numerous errors were found in the US PDA arms aid to Ukraine. A new audit revealed a lack of estimates for $5.7 billion. At the same time, $1 billion of this amount was recorded as "questionable expenses". This is reported by Defense Express.
The audit was conducted by the Office of the Inspector General of the US Department of Defense, which in its report dated August 13 partially analyzed the progress of the PDA program. It turned out that the Pentagon lacked a system of proper cost control. The document also mentions the use of unconfirmed amounts and incorrect data in reports.
These results were revealed during the audit of 80 tranches for 22.1 billion US dollars. Expenditures for 5.7 billion US dollars were not confirmed in documents or estimates. Another 0.9 billion US dollars were used inefficiently. In addition, facts of overestimation of arms costs for Ukraine were recorded.
"It was found that US Department of Defense agencies significantly overstated the cost of defense goods and services provided to Ukraine," the report directly states.
Moreover, it turned out that the US Congress received data with inaccuracies, errors, and sometimes even without reasoning.
"The US Department of Defense provided Congress with inaccurate information about budget execution regarding assistance to Ukraine, overstating the amounts of commitments and payments," the report noted.
And the Pentagon often did not know the real value of the weapons that were transferred to Ukraine. It got to the point that during discussions with department employees, many compensation estimates were based on the term "WAG". This abbreviation is a slang term and means the most unfounded guess. It stands for "Wild-Ass Guess", and in Ukrainian it is translated as "X*y knows" or simply "хз" .
The report also mentions that on December 17, 2024, the US Department of Defense sent the last $5.1 billion under the PDA program to Ukraine, which was never spent.
It should be noted that in June 2023, errors were discovered in the calculation of aid for $6.2 billion, which were related to the incorrect methodology for estimating the cost of weapons. Earlier, it was said about $3 billion.