The Pentagon said that he overestimated the cost of military assistance provided by Ukraine by $ 6.2 billion

The US Department of Defense has overestimated the cost of weapons set by Ukraine over the past two years by about $ 6.2 billion. According to the Associated Press, citing a statement by Pentagon Sabrina Singh, the excess formed will be used to provide further military assistance.

According to her, when checking accounting documents, it turned out that when calculating, instead of the cost of supplied weapons, the cost of new weapons entered the balance of the ministry in exchange for Ukraine to the balance of Ukraine was used. Kyiv received weapons from the pentagon warehouses, which was purchased earlier and cost less-at least due to depreciation.

The fact that the Pentagon recalculated the value of military assistance to Ukraine became known in May. After the start of a full -scale Russian invasion, Washington provided Kyiv for military assistance in the amount of about $ 40 billion.