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More than $1 billion worth of shoulder-fired missiles, kamikaze drones and night-vision goggles that the United States has sent to Ukraine have not been properly tracked by American officials, a new Pentagon report concluded, raising concerns that they could be stolen or smuggled at a time when Congress is debating whether to send more military aid to Kyiv.

The report by the Defense Departments inspector general, released on Thursday, offers no evidence that any of the weapons have been misused after being shipped to a U.S. military logistics hub in Poland or sent onward to Ukraines front lines.

But it found that American defense officials and diplomats in Washington and Europe had failed to quickly or fully account for many of the nearly 40,000 weapons that by law should have been closely monitored because their battlefield impact, sensitive technology and relatively small size makes them attractive bounty for arms smugglers.

These are identified as the items that because of their sensitivity, their vulnerability to diversion or misuse or the consequences of that its particularly important to have this additional tracking and accountability in place, Robert P. Storch, the Pentagons inspector general, who is also the lead watchdog for American aid sent to help Ukraines war effort, said in an interview on Thursday.

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U.S. Military Aid to Ukraine Was Poorly Tracked, Pentagon Report Says - The New York Times