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    U.S. races to track American arms in heat of Ukraine war
    ▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/01/us-weapons-ukraine-oversight

    U.S. monitors have conducted in-person inspections for only about 10 percent of the 22,000 U.S.-provided weapons sent to #Ukraine that require special oversight.

    [...] Last week, the administration unveiled a plan to prevent weapons diversion in Eastern Europe. With nearly $18 billion of U.S. military aid provided since February alone, the Biden administration’s aid lifeline to Ukraine is the largest such sum since the Cold War ended.

    [...] Officials acknowledged that when the war erupted, they had no blueprint for tracking weapons in a conventional conflict like the combat in Ukraine. U.S. personnel are unable to venture into the vast stretches of the country occupied by Russian forces or experiencing active fighting.

    Suivi minimal, donc, et plein d’#armes ne sont pas soumises à un special oversight.

    Lyco
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      Pressure builds to step up weapons tracking in Ukraine
      ▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/27/biden-ukraine-weapons
      La pression vient des républicains et les initiatives récentes pour améliorer le contrôle visent à prévenir leurs critiques (c’est pas que pour de bonnes et vertueuses raisons, donc).
      Débat aussi sur la dangerosité d’avoir des inspecteurs sur le terrain et près du front.

      “There are veterans’ groups running all over the country right now,” Waltz said, suggesting that they could be subcontracted to report back to the Pentagon and State Department on how weapons are being used closer to the front. Short of that, Waltz argues it ought to be possible to send U.S. inspectors not just to Ukraine’s central weapons depots, but “down to the brigade or even the battalion headquarters level,” without undue risk.

      Thus far, the Biden administration has resisted pressure to send inspectors or other military personnel too deeply into Ukraine, for fear of fomenting a wider conflict. According to U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters, American specialists currently conduct weapons inspections unarmed — a condition that would likely be unsustainable if they were sent closer to the front lines.

      Lyco
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      Lyco

      Au passage :

      There are veterans’ groups running all over the country right now

      J’avais lu un truc sur le groupe #Mozart, mais justement fallait qu’ils n’aient aucun lien avec le pentagone sinon ça veut dire implication directe dans la guerre.
      La phrase laisse penser que le pays grouille de vétérans américains... à creuser.

      Lyco
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