Ukraine Intel Chief to Newsmax: Need to Find Out Where Aid Money ‘Settled’

Amid concerns about how billions of dollars of U.S. aid to Ukraine have been spent, Kyrylo Budanov, head of HUR, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, told Newsmax on Tuesday that “we need to figure out where this money went and where it settled.”

Congress has appropriated $182.8 billion in humanitarian and military aid for Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion three years ago, according to data from the Ukraine Oversight Interagency Working Group, a coalition of two dozen federal government oversight entities, including from the departments of state, defense, and homeland security.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reportedly said earlier this month that Ukraine had received $75 billion directly from the U.S. and that another $100 billion was “never received.” It sparked concerns among many regarding where that money went, and charges of corruption were raised.

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