The objective of this evaluation was to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the DoD’s security and accountability controls for DoD-procured defense items transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) through the logistics enabling node in Romania (LEN-R).
The DoD provides defense items to the UAF through logistics enabling nodes in the U.S. European Command area of responsibility. LEN-R is one such location and is under the command of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). In April 2023, according to USAFE officials, the Security Assistance Group–Ukraine (SAG-U) tasked USAFE personnel at LEN-R to account for DoD-procured defense items transferred through LEN-R.
The defense items the DoD procured and transferred to the UAF through LEN-R during our evaluation consisted solely of non-NATO, non-U.S. standard caliber tank and mortar rounds, which the DoD refers to as non-standard ammunition. According to DoD officials, the DoD used Foreign Military Financing (FMF) to purchase the non-standard ammunition, and the LEN-R personnel performed customs clearance and visual inspection of the packaging, marking, and palletization of the DoD-procured items.