The Pentagon announced that it made a mistake when figuring out the worth of U.S. military equipment it took from its own stocks and gave to Ukraine. As a result, they have $6.2 billion more in equipment that they can now send.

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said during routine checks of its power to transfer U.S. military equipment to Ukraine, they found errors in how the value of the equipment was figured out.

She mentioned in many cases, the U.S. military services used replacement costs for the transferred equipment, instead of the net book value of the equipment. This led to an overestimate of the value of the equipment sent to Ukraine.

Singh mentioned that when the misevaluation was found, the Comptroller put out new guidance on March 31st.

This guidance clarified how to value equipment in line with the financial management regulation and Department of Defense policy, aiming to use the most accurate accounting methods.

Singh revealed the Department of Defense overestimated by $3.6 billion for the fiscal year 2023 and $2.6 billion for the fiscal year 2022, which adds up to a total of $6.2 billion.

She clarified this error did not affect any past equipment transfers to Ukraine and the Pentagon still holds the power to use “reclaimed” authority to transfer that volume of equipment.

The news about the Pentagon having an additional $6.2 billion for Ukraine sparked outrage from both sides of the political spectrum. Nina Turner, an ex-Ohio state senator, expressed her disbelief on Twitter.

Joe Kent, who is running for a House of Representatives seat in Washington as a Republican, criticized the situation, calling it ridiculous.

He demanded that the Department of Defense should be responsible for every cent and show Congress and the American public precisely how their money is being used.

He even proposed using the unexpected “extra” $3 billion that the Department of Defense auditors recently ‘discovered’ to strengthen border security in the U.S.

Before the discovery of the accounting mistake, the Department of Defense estimated that it sent over $40.7 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the start of the Biden administration.

This includes more than $40 billion since Russia initiated its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.