Musk urged to disclose information about the spending of funds to help Ukraine

The founder of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, called for revealing what the US budget funds are spent on when allocating military support to Ukraine. About this he informed Twitter.

“It would be nice if the public knew what the money is being spent on,” he wrote under Reuters news about a new $1.3 billion in military aid tranche for Ukraine. Formerly agency reportedthat the new military package may include air defense (air defense), anti-drone systems, ammunition, etc.

A tranche for a commensurate amount was allocated on May 9. Then the Pentagon sent Military assistance to Ukraine for $1.2 billion. The list of deliveries included additional air defense systems and ammunition for it, equipment for integrating Western air defense installations, missiles and radars with Ukrainian air defense systems, 155-mm artillery shells, etc.

On July 7, the White House announced the transfer of cluster munitions to Kyiv. On July 13, the Pentagon announced that weapons were already in Ukraine. Prior to this, the US military reported that the risks to the civilian population associated with the use of cluster munitions by the Ukrainian army did not exceed concerns about Russia’s victory in the conflict in Ukraine.

Musk, commenting on the supply of such ammunition, declaredthat “nothing good will come of it.” “America has always condemned those who use cluster bombs as villains, but now we send them to be used?” the billionaire wrote.

Against the background of the deliveries, the Kremlin warned that if Ukraine uses such weapons, Russia will be forced to take countermeasures. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on Washington’s decision, recalled the words of former White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who in February 2022 stated that the use of cluster munitions is a war crime.