As the White House tries to get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding the freeze on funding for Ukraine ordered by Congress last weekend, unexpected news arrives from Washington about military shipments to Kiev: These are to be handed over to the ally, which is in the War against Ukraine Russia has received thousands of weapons and ammunition of Iranian origin in recent days. This is essentially retaliation for the Tehran regime, which has long been accused by the US of supplying weapons – especially drones – to the Moscow army. Apparently, Iran has not changed its line: the weapons and ammunition in question are weapons and ammunition that the US stole in a series of naval military operations in the Gulf, often carried out jointly with allies. As CNN explains, over the last year the US Navy has taken control of thousands of Iranian-made assault rifles and over a million bullets from boats used by Tehran, often using the “trick” of not hitting a flag to protect its Allies to supply the Houthis in Yemen. What the Pentagon is now handing over to Ukraine in particular – the operation should have been carried out on Monday – are the weapons that the American armed forces seized in an operation in December 2022: they are 9,000 rifles, 284 machine guns, 194 rocket launchers, over 70 anti-tank missiles and over 700,000 projectiles, US Central Command said in a statement. “These munitions were transferred to Yemen by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2216,” U.S. military leaders said.
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