Current:Home > NewsWho's tracking the weapons and money the U.S. is sending to Ukraine? "60 Minutes" went to find out. -MomentumProfit Zone
Who's tracking the weapons and money the U.S. is sending to Ukraine? "60 Minutes" went to find out.
View
Date:2025-04-28 01:38:30
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went from meeting to meeting in Washington, D.C. on Thursday trying to gather support for more aid from the United States. He met with President Biden as well as senior defense officials and lawmakers as the U.S. Congress considers the White House's request to add more than $20 billion in aid to the $113 billion the U.S. has already committed to Ukraine.
"60 Minutes" has been attempting to track where the billions of dollars in U.S. cash and weaponry provided to Ukraine has gone since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February of 2022. On assignment for this week's "60 Minutes," CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams went to Ukraine to see how all the American tax dollars are being spent — and to find out if the weapons and money already provided have gone where they were supposed to go.
Watch Williams' full report this Sunday, Sept. 24, on "60 Minutes" from 7 p.m. Eastern. A preview is available at the top of this article.
Oleksandra Ustinova, an anti-corruption activist who became a member of the Ukrainian Parliament, chairs a government commission that tracks all of the military aid coming to Ukraine.
She shot video for "60 Minutes" inside what she called a top-secret warehouse storing American-made and supplied Javelin anti-tank missiles.
"We have online databases with the serial numbers of every American piece of weapon that your embassy has access to. They can come, type in, let's say, a Javelin or a HIMARS, and see in which brigade it is, and then go check it if they don't believe."
She said the Ukrainian government welcomes U.S. officials to go right to the front lines in the war to verify how American-supplied weaponry is being used.
It's one way, Ustinova said, that her country is trying to combat "this cancer, which is corruption, because otherwise, we're not gonna survive."
As Russia ramps up its own production and sourcing of shells and ammunition, Zelenskyy's government knows that convincing his partners in Washington of his own government's trustworthiness may indeed be an existential challenge.
- In:
- United States Congress
- Pentagon
- War
- Joe Biden
- Ukraine
- Russia
- White House
- Vladimir Putin
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy
veryGood! (2526)
Related
- EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
- Judge temporarily blocks Republican-backed overhaul of Ohio’s education system following lawsuit
- Simone Biles makes World Championships in gymnastics for sixth time, setting a record
- California sues anti-abortion organizations for unproven treatment to reverse medication abortions
- Louvre will undergo expansion and restoration project, Macron says
- Manhunt underway for child sex offender who escaped from hospital
- Dangerous inmate escapes custody while getting treatment at hospital in St. Louis
- A British ex-soldier pleads not guilty to escaping from a London prison
- Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
- Billy Miller, The Young and the Restless actor, dies at 43
Ranking
- Trump issues order to ban transgender troops from serving openly in the military
- Rupert Murdoch Will Step Down as Chairman of Fox and News Corp.
- The Roman Empire is all over TikTok: Are the ways men and women think really that different?
- Amazon product launch: From Echo to Alexa, the connected smart home may soon be a reality
- Person accused of accosting Rep. Nancy Mace at Capitol pleads not guilty to assault charge
- Supermodel Christy Turlington's Daughter Grace Makes Her Milan Fashion Week Debut
- Los Angeles Rams trade disgruntled RB Cam Akers to Minnesota Vikings
- Tropical storm warnings issued on East Coast: What to expect
Recommendation
Federal Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergency Management
`Mama can still play': Julie Ertz leaves USWNT on her terms, leaves lasting impact on game
Wisconsin DNR defends lack of population goal in wolf management plan
Selling safety in the fight against wildfires
Who's hosting 'Saturday Night Live' tonight? Musical guest, how to watch Dec. 14 episode
Several Trump allies could be witnesses in Georgia election interference trial
How your college major can influence pay. Here are the top- and bottom-paying fields.
Louisville police credit Cardinals players for help in rescue of overturned car near their stadium