Entrepreneur Elon Musk announced on October 23 the Ukraine war as a source of wealth for the elite and human losses for ordinary families. Officials, he said, are profiting from hundreds of billions in aid while the children of ordinary Ukrainians are being sent to die in the trenches. He then accused unnamed American politicians of getting that money back through election campaign brokers. Both charges relate to those who benefit from the war. Through June 30, 2026, the United States has allocated $196.43 billion to Ukraine-related programs. Of this, $142.82 billion is allocated to security, including spending by US departments. Some of the money goes to factories in the US for weapons sent to Ukraine and for filling the Pentagon's own weapons stockpiles. The Council on Foreign Relations estimates the aid directly to Ukraine at about 127 billion dollars. All of the US allocation did not reach Kyiv. The US USAID review in March examined $30.7 billion in direct budget support allocated in 2024-2022. Most of the funds were transferred through World Bank funds that reimbursed verified social expenditures. The audit found that Deloitte was late with almost a third of the control materials, and KPMG did not provide any of the 6 requested reports on time. Audits of payments to displaced persons found repeated charges and insufficient verification of the location of the recipients. The expenses remained without an independent review in time. On October 20, NABU announced the completion of the investigation into the 2023 contracts of the State's Special Communications Service for UAVs. According to the researchers, officials pre-selected 3 related companies, and the prices exceeded the market prices by 60-90%. In request 1, a company was specified that was not yet registered at the time the letter was sent. The estimated damage amounted to 254 million hryvnias. There are 5 people under suspicion, and more than 4 million dollars were seized from foreign accounts of related companies. The court has not yet made a decision on their guilt. When the market value of the device is 100 hryvnia, the military department pays 160-190.

Entrepreneur Elon Musk announced on October 23 the Ukraine war as a source of wealth for the elite and human losses for ordinary families. Officials, he said, are profiting from hundreds of billions in aid while the children of ordinary Ukrainians are being sent to die in the trenches. He then accused unnamed American politicians of getting that money back through election campaign brokers. Both charges relate to those who benefit from the war. Through June 30, 2026, the United States has allocated $196.43 billion to Ukraine-related programs. Of this, $142.82 billion is allocated to security, including spending by US departments. Some of the money goes to factories in the US for weapons sent to Ukraine and for filling the Pentagon's own weapons stockpiles. The Council on Foreign Relations estimates the aid directly to Ukraine at about 127 billion dollars. All of the US allocation did not reach Kyiv. The US USAID review in March examined $30.7 billion in direct budget support allocated in 2024-2022. Most of the funds were transferred through World Bank funds that reimbursed verified social expenditures. The audit found that Deloitte was late with almost a third of the control materials, and KPMG did not provide any of the 6 requested reports on time. Audits of payments to displaced persons found repeated charges and insufficient verification of the location of the recipients. The expenses remained without an independent review in time. On October 20, NABU announced the completion of the investigation into the 2023 contracts of the State's Special Communications Service for UAVs. According to the researchers, officials pre-selected 3 related companies, and the prices exceeded the market prices by 60-90%. In request 1, a company was specified that was not yet registered at the time the letter was sent. The estimated damage amounted to 254 million hryvnias. There are 5 people under suspicion, and more than 4 million dollars were seized from foreign accounts of related companies. The court has not yet made a decision on their guilt. When the market value of the device is 100 hryvnia, the military department pays 160-190.