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The Pentagon found an additional $2 billion worth of errors in accounting for ammunition, missiles and other equipment sent to Ukraine.A U.S. government report revealed Thursday that the total amount of improperly valued supplies was $8.2 billion. The Pentagon said officials used “replacement value” instead of “depreciated value” when tallying up billions of dollars of supplies sent to Ukraine in 2023. The $6.2 billion error paved the way for billions more to be sent to Kiev.
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on Hong Kong to stop Russia and Russian companies from using the city to evade sanctions.As part of his visit to China, Kuleba met with Hong Kong representative John Lee. According to a statement from the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Kuleba urged the administration to prevent Russia from using Hong Kong to circumvent restrictions imposed by the war in Ukraine. “These restrictive measures are necessary to weaken Russia’s ability to wage war in Ukraine and kill people,” the statement said.
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A Moscow court on Thursday sentenced the head of the Defense Ministry’s construction department to two months in detention. According to Russian media, Andrei Belkov was arrested on suspicion of abuse of power, the latest in a series of arrests of senior government officials this year. According to the company’s website, Andrei Belkov is the head of a military construction company that builds military bases, hospitals, schools and other facilities.
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Russian and Chinese bombers flew together in international airspace off the coast of Alaska for the first time.Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday he found the flight worrying as another sign of expanding military cooperation. While Wednesday’s flight was not considered a threat, it was the first time that Chinese bombers had flown within the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone. It was also the first time that Chinese and Russian aircraft had taken off from the same base in northeastern Russia.
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The Turkish Navy intercepted a maritime drone in the Black Sea off the coast of Istanbul.Authorities said media reports suggested the weapon contained explosives and may be Ukrainian. Ukraine In February 2022, a number of mines believed to have washed up from a conflict zone were discovered off the coast of Turkey, and prosecutors have launched an investigation.
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Wreckage believed to be from a Russian drone landed in rural Romania.The country’s defence ministry said on Thursday the latest incident was believed to be drone debris from the war in neighbouring Ukraine, which fell on the territory of a NATO member state.
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Netherlands and Denmark to deliver 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine “By the end of the summer,” the Dutch defense minister said on Wednesday, saying Kiev “urgently” needs more military support. The two countries bought German-made tanks last year for 165 million euros ($186 million) and sent them for upgrade.
Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reuters
