(guns firing) – [Narrator] Ukraine is
having a problem with money. (tank firing) And additional funding
from the US has stalled, which means the war-torn country could run into trouble within months. – Ukraine needs broad spectrum of aid, military support continuously. – There's been a wide range
of military assistance that's been provided to Ukraine, things ranging from vehicles, missiles, air defense systems. – [Narrator] Here's where USA
to Ukraine has gone so far and what could happen if
additional funding remains stalled. Since 2022, Congress has directed more than $113 billion in aid
in four packages to Ukraine. – Aid to Ukraine is a misnomer. The phrase implies that all of the money is going to Ukraine, but
in fact about 60% of it is spent in the United States. – [Narrator] More than half
of the appropriated aid is allocated for US military operations and weapons contracts,
including US military equipment to replace what was sent to Ukraine, weapons contracts and services, and additional US forces
in Europe to support NATO. The non-defense spending
includes humanitarian assistance to help the more than 6
million Ukrainian refugees and relieve global economic disruption, economic support for Ukraine's government to make up for lost revenue from the war, and war-related funding for
other US government agencies.
– The United States has
provided $60 billion of military aid when you consider all the different elements of it. – [Narrator] On that
long list of equipment, there have been a range of weapons, including Javelin anti-armor systems, which are smaller arms designed to hit and destroy heavily
armored military vehicles. (Javelin firing) – Javelin is a top of
the line anti-tank weapon and costs about $200,000 when you include the launcher unit. – [Narrator] Long range rocket launchers, also known as HIMARS. – [Mark] They cost about
$7 million per launcher. – [Narrator] The M1 Abrams tank.
– [Mark] The M1 tanks cost about $14 million apiece to replace. – And the Patriot air defense system. – United States provided one battery, which costs about 400 million. So because of the cost,
they can only be used against high-end threats. It makes no point to
shoot a $4 million missile at a $20,000 drone. – When we do oversight, we
try to identify the areas where we can have the maximum impact. One very big line of effort, if you will, looks at the equipment, really starting throughout its lifecycle, from when it's first sourced, to make sure there's accountability once it goes into the country.
– [Narrator] According to
a Defense Department report released in January, as of June, 2023, a billion dollars worth
of sensitive equipment shipped to Ukraine remained delinquent, or not properly tracked in accordance with the strict requirements for tracking certain military items. – Our report shows
they're making progress, but they're not meeting any of 'em fully. And a higher level of delinquency correlates with a higher level of risk that something bad could happen, right? And so, that's why these
requirements exist.
– [Narrator] The big
concern is that US weapons could end up in the wrong hands. – Based on our completed work,
we have not substantiated any instances of diversion of the equipment that's
been provided to Ukraine. – [Narrator] From the onset of the war, Congress has embraced Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy's resiliency against Russian President Vladimir Putin. – Ukraine didn't fall. Ukraine is alive and kicking. (attendees applauding)
(attendees cheering) – [Narrator] But by
2023, Ukraine's efforts to repel Russian forces failed
to make significant progress. This coincided with a political shift in the US House of Representatives from Democratic to Republican control. – You have Republicans
in charge of the House. And of course, Republicans,
that segment of the country is the exact area where
support for Ukraine is starting to erode. – [Narrator] As aid in
Ukraine looks to run out, President Zelenskyy has met
with lawmakers in Washington to lobby for more funding. Senate Democrats have proposed a nearly $111 billion
security assistance bill. – The bulk of that, more than
$60 billion is for Ukraine. There's money for Israel. There is some money for Taiwan
to bolster it against China. – [Narrator] House Republicans
have refused to pass the additional spending bill
until they reach an agreement to increase security at
the US-Mexico border.
– If President Biden wants
a supplemental spending bill focused on national security, it better begin by defending
America's national security. – [Narrator] With additional
funding stalled in Congress, Ukrainian troops on the frontlines are adapting to smaller
deliveries of military aid. – Today, deliveries run
about a third what they were at the height of the
counter-offensive back last summer. By the end of the spring,
they'll be under 10%. They never go to zero, but by the time you get
to the end of the summer, Ukraine will be hard pressed
to replace its losses and to maintain its frontlines.
– [Narrator] Since 2022, the
US and 27-member EU together have been responsible for about 70% of the financial aid Ukraine has received, but additional EU funding
has hit its own roadblocks. The members failed to pass a $54 billion funding package in December. US leaders worry that a
loss of Ukraine to Russia could be a strategic defeat that poses greater security
and military threats, such as an attack on one
of its global allies. – If Putin attacks a NATO ally, if he keeps going and then
he attacks a NATO ally, and we've committed as a NATO member that we defend every
inch of NATO territory, then we'll have something
that we don't seek and that we don't have today, American troops fighting Russian troops.
– The big thing Republicans and Democrats have been happy about is
that the US commitment is financial only. The risk is that you get
a commitment of manpower. You have American troops at risk. And that is what nobody wants to see. (bleak music).