The United States might ship extra weapons to Ukraine after it was revealed that the Pentagon overestimated the worth of kit already despatched to the conflict zone by about $3bn, round £2.4bn.

Two senior protection officers revealed that Congress has been notified of the accounting adjustment, which was the results of assigning the next than warranted worth on weaponry taken from US shares and shipped to the European nation beneath siege from Russia. The error might cleared the path for extra weapons being despatched to Kyiv for its protection towards Russian forces.

“We’ve discovered inconsistencies in how we value the equipment that we’ve given” to Ukraine, senior protection officers have stated.

The protection official stated it's attainable the quantity of overvalued weaponry might develop past $3bn because the Pentagon examines the state of affairs extra completely.

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The official stated that the Pentagon had used alternative price to worth the weapons as an alternative of their worth when bought and depreciated. The US has despatched weapons valued at about $21.1bn to Ukraine from its stockpiles.

Reports say that altering the valuation of the gear might delay the Biden administration’s have to ask Congress to authorize extra funds for Ukraine because the debt ceiling struggle intensifies.

Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the highest Republican on the Senate armed companies committee, stated: “The Department of Defense’s change in evaluating the costs of arms sent to Ukraine is a major mistake.

“Its effect would be to underestimate future needs for our European allies. Our priority should be a Ukrainian victory over Putin.

"Unilaterally altering military aid calculations is an attempt at deception and undermines this goal.”

The US has despatched all kinds of kit to Ukraine including high mobility artillery rocket system (Himars) launchers, Javelin anti-tank weapons and a Patriot surface-to-air missile system.

The officials said that it would take time to work through the accounting for all the equipment sent to Ukraine.