Current:Home > InvestWho's tracking the weapons and money the U.S. is sending to Ukraine? "60 Minutes" went to find out. -ForexStream
Who's tracking the weapons and money the U.S. is sending to Ukraine? "60 Minutes" went to find out.
View
Date:2025-04-14 06:21:56
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! (647)
Related
- Rolling Loud 2024: Lineup, how to stream the world's largest hip hop music festival
- House Republicans claim to have bank wires from Beijing going to Joe Biden's Delaware address. Hunter Biden's attorney explained why.
- Nick Cannon Says He Probably Wouldn’t Be Alive Without Mariah Carey's Help During Lupus Battle
- One Real Housewives of Orange County Star Hints at Quitting in Dramatic Season 17 Reunion Trailer
- The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
- 'David's got to have a Goliath': Deion Sanders, Colorado prepare for undefeated USC
- Kia and Hyundai recall 3.3 million cars, tell owners to park outside
- Investigating Taylor Swift's Flawless Red Lipstick at the Kansas City Chiefs Game
- Bill Belichick's salary at North Carolina: School releases football coach's contract details
- 2nd New Hampshire man charged in 2-year-old boy’s fentanyl death
Ranking
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- Britain approves new North Sea oil drilling, delighting the industry but angering critics
- At Paris Fashion Week ‘70s nostalgia meets futuristic flair amid dramatic twists
- 3 dead after car being pursued by police crashes in Indianapolis minutes after police end pursuit
- Arkansas State Police probe death of woman found after officer
- Sen. Bob Menendez will appear in court in his bribery case as he rejects calls to resign
- FDA updates Ozempic label with potential blocked intestines side effect, also reported with Wegovy and Mounjaro
- Tech CEO killed in Baltimore remembered as dedicated, compassionate entrepreneur
Recommendation
Selena Gomez's "Weird Uncles" Steve Martin and Martin Short React to Her Engagement
Ukraine war effort aided by arrival of U.S. tanks as doubts raised over killing of Russian fleet commander
CBS News poll: Trump leads in Iowa and New Hampshire, where retail campaigning hasn't closed the gap
As mental health worsens among Afghanistan’s women, the UN is asked to declare ‘gender apartheid’
Who's hosting 'Saturday Night Live' tonight? Musical guest, how to watch Dec. 14 episode
Travis Kelce Reveals Family's Reaction to Taylor Swift's Ballsy NFL Appearance
Target says it's closing 9 stores because of surging retail thefts
Christian Thielemann chosen to succeed Daniel Barenboim as music director of Berlin’s Staatsoper