Ukraine and U.S. conduct first joint inspection of transferred U.S. weapons

The Internal Audit Service of the Ministry of Defense and representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with representatives of the U.S. Embassy's Defense Cooperation Section, inspected weapons and equipment provided by American partners at a military unit.

Ukrainian and American inspectors checked three main points:

• serial numbers;
• technical condition;
• proper storage conditions (safety and security).

Currently, according to the Ministry, the information is being processed. However, the Defense Ministry said that there were no comments from U.S. representatives during the joint work.

"Ensuring access to storage sites, openness and systematic joint inspections are concrete measures we are taking to increase transparency and build trust in relations with partners," commented Deputy Defense Minister Yurii Dzhyhyr.

U.S. assistance to Ukraine

A few months ago, U.S. President Joe Biden asked Congress to allocate more than $100 billion for national security needs. About $60 billion of these funds were to be allocated to finance assistance to Ukraine.

However, Congress did not support Biden's request. In particular, Republicans opposed the aid to Ukraine, demanding that the White House include stricter measures to protect the border from migrants in its proposal.

For more than a month now, Republicans and Democrats have been negotiating a compromise on border issues.

Recently, the media reported that Biden had agreed to tighten immigration policy, as demanded by Republicans.