[Source.](https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2023/08/01/u-s-military-is-unsure-where-all-ukraine-arms-shipments-end-up-n1715096) > Here’s a comforting question: how sure are we that the weapons and hardware we’re sending to Ukraine are actually ending up in the hands of the right people? The right people? > The United States has sent $46 billion in military aid to Ukraine — nearly $80 billion from Ukraine’s Western allies in security and economic assistance. And according to two recent Department of Defense inspector general (IG) reports, we’re not exactly sure where a lot of that equipment and arms have ended up. “Challenges in Ukraine’s war zone have made it nearly impossible to track the weapons,” says Reason’s Jordan Cohen and Jonathan Ellis Allen. > Even before the Russian invasion, Ukraine had one of the largest illegally trafficked arms markets in Europe, according to the 2021 Global Organized Crime Index. In fact, sending arms to Ukraine was like giving oligarchs and crime families a lucrative new business opportunity. > The two IG reports discovered several major flaws in the security of the weapons pipeline.