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2023-09-09 00:58:37 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

No money was lost from the “accounting error”. The June 2023 inconsistency in equipment valuation for Ukraine was a $6.2 billion over-estimate, resulting in a surplus. It “went back into the pot of money that we have allocated for future Pentagon stock drawdowns”. https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3433535/deputy-pentagon-press-secretary-sabrina-singh-holds-a-press-briefing/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagons-ukraine-accounting-error-revised-up-62-billion-2023-06-20/ https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-weapons-surplus-funding-72eeb6119439146f1939d5b1973a44ef

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• No money was lost from the “accounting error”. The June 2023 inconsistency in equipment valuation for Ukraine was a $6.2 billion over-estimate, resulting in a surplus. It “went back into the pot of money that we have allocated for future Pentagon stock drawdowns”. https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3433535/deputy-pentagon-press-secretary-sabrina-singh-holds-a-press-briefing/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagons-ukraine-accounting-error-revised-up-62-billion-2023-06-20/ https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-weapons-surplus-funding-72eeb6119439146f1939d5b1973a44ef