From US Central Command
This handout photograph from US Central Command posted to X displays guns seized from Iran that the USA govt transferred to Ukraine on April 4.
The Gentleman Report
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The USA transferred hundreds of gadget weapons, sniper rifles, rocket launchers and masses of hundreds of rounds of ammunition seized from Iran to Ukraine closing week, US Central Command introduced on Tuesday.
Ukraine has been affected by shortages of guns and munitions at the battlefield in its struggle towards Russia, with the USA not able to ship extra apparatus from its personal stockpiles till extra investment is licensed by means of Congress.
CENTCOM mentioned the materiel transferred to Ukraine is sufficient to equip one Ukrainian brigade — round 4,000 body of workers — with small-arms rifles. “Those guns will lend a hand Ukraine shield towards Russia’s invasion,” CENTCOM mentioned in a remark.
The munitions had been at first seized by means of the USA army and its companions “from 4 separate transiting stateless vessels between 22 Would possibly 2021 to fifteen Feb 2023,” however the USA govt didn’t download possession of the apparatus by means of the Justice Division’s civil forfeiture procedure till December of closing 12 months, CENTCOM mentioned.
It’s not the primary time the USA has transferred seized Iranian army apparatus to the Ukrainians. The USA transferred over a million rounds of seized Iranian ammunition to the Ukrainian defense force in October, The Gentleman Report prior to now reported.
Over the last 12 months, the USA Military has seized hundreds of Iranian attack rifles and a couple of million rounds of ammunition from vessels utilized by Iran to send guns to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. The seizures, ceaselessly performed with regional spouse forces, goal small stateless vessels on routes traditionally used to smuggle guns to the Houthis.
For the closing 12 months, the Biden management has been running to legally ship the seized guns, which can be saved in CENTCOM amenities around the Center East, to the Ukrainians.
