U.S. confirms no claims on Ukraine’s weapon record-keeping

22 July, 2023 Ammunition loading at the U.S. Air Force Base in Dover, 2022. Photo credits: Mauricio Campino/U.S.

Air Force The United States inspection of material and technical assistance has shown that they have no complaints concerning Ukraine's accounting of weapons and military equipment transferred to the country. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on its social media page.

Thus, the Ministry of Defense responded to information from CNN about the alleged theft of weapons in Ukraine. "Artillery, ammunition, complex air defense systems, armored vehicles - everything is registered in Ukraine. Last year, an automated system for accounting and passing the entire arms and materiel through logistics was introduced," said Deputy Minister of Defense Volodymyr Havrylov.

He said that with the help of partners, the NATO LOGFAS (Logistic Functional Area Services) logistics system was introduced.

Military aid from the USA, January 2022. Photo from open sources

Militarnyi previously reported that the LOGFAS system was integrated with the SOTA information and analytical system, allowing it to track each unit of weapons. In addition, the domestic "Karavai" system is used to control weapons, which was jointly developed by specialists from the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and the Pentagon.

The systems allow barcodes and QR codes to track military equipment and weapons to the military unit.

LOGFAS

Logistic Functional Area Services is an integrated set of software systems designed to support NATO logistics, operating since 1995. The system allows users to collect, store, process, analyze, display, and distribute information to support logistics operations. Ukraine began to integrate this system in 2019, the license agreement was designed for five years.

LOGFAS comprises 10 subsystems, including tracking, inventory planning, and logistics operations.