Our review of 31 DoD OIG oversight reports issued between January 2020 and February 2024, found that the DoD has continued to face systemic challenges across a variety of areas related to security cooperation for Ukraine. We identified and summarized these challenges and respective recommendations that, if implemented, may improve the efficiency and effectiveness of DoD efforts to support Israel and other future security assistance efforts.
Based on our review of the 31 oversight reports for Ukraine, we identified systemic challenges related to the:
- enhanced end-use monitoring (EEUM) of sensitive equipment provided to Ukraine;
- accountability and control of U.S.-provided equipment, including inventory and property book concerns;
- financial management of Ukraine supplemental funding, including inaccurate reporting of the DoD’s use of funds; intelligence sharing;
- information and physical security; and
- information operations.
For these systemic challenges, we summarized key recommendations from these reports that should be considered for implementation, as applicable, when conducting security cooperation activities related to the challenges we have highlighted in this report. Lastly, we identified potential best practices for criminal investigations during security assistance operations.